[gillianseed]

> I agree C is hardly used anymore

Ehh what? From the top of my head I can think of these things written in C:

linux bsd windows nt kernel python php perl sqlite gcc glibc gtk+ apache nginx gimp blender mplayer wine x264 ffmpeg libjpeg curl/libcurl zlib rsync

And there's obviously tons more I could think of if I spend some more time, then we have basically the entire embedded industry.