[swa14]

Because when programming in any language, you can't rise above your own proficiency in C.

That is my observation anyway. I think it has something to do with the deeper understanding of references and dereferencing, and the inner workings of languages in general.

[kd0amg]

I think that may only hold when working with sufficiently C-like languages.

[dllthomas]

In particular, I think that Lisp hackers of old put a solid lie to the claim.

[recursive]

If I've never written any C, does that mean that I have no proficiency in any language?