[unkeptbarista]

I was fortunate enough to start learning C, in 1983, using one of the compilers reviewed in that issue. BDS C for CPM. Learning C definitely paid off. Here it is nearly 40 years later, and I'm still using C for embedded development.

[angst_ridden]

I use C for embedded devices too, although I didn't end up learning C until '88 or '89. At that point, it was on IBM PCs and VAXen instead of my trusty TRS-80.

[ncmncm]

Too bad. C++ is wholly usable anywhere C is, now.