I Fix Things Now And Then, More

Obviously, The Person Who Had Most Influence On My Career Was Ken Thompson.

C Is Declining Somewhat In Usage Compared To C++, And Maybe Java, But Perhaps Even More Compared To Higher-level Scripting Languages. It's Still Fairly Strong For The Basic System-type Things.

A Language That Doesn't Have Everything Is Actually Easier To Program In Than Some That Do

One Of The Obvious Things That Went Wrong With Multics As A Commercial Success Was Just That It Was Sort Of Over-engineered In A Sense. There Was Just Too Much In It.

The Kind Of Programming That C Provides Will Probably Remain Similar Absolutely Or Slowly Decline In Usage, But Relatively, Javascript Or Its Variants, Or Xml, Will Continue To Become More Central.