Faster Quote by Dennis Ritchie

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…

— Dennis Ritchie

The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or…

— Dennis Ritchie

Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a…

— Linus Torvalds

Of course, C proved indispensible to the developers of all its alternatives. Dig down through enough implementation layers under any of the other languages…

— Eric S. Raymond

Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a tract of…

— Verity Stob

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language…

— Bjarne Stroustrup

Life is too long to know C++ well.

— Erik Naggum

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing…

— Alan Kay

After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either

— Bjarne Stroustrup

C++ is a pile of crap.

— Theo de Raadt

No one wants one language. There are applications when it's appropriate to write something in C rather than in Java. If you want to…

— Brian Behlendorf

The complexity of C++ (even more complexity has been added in the new C++), and the resulting impact on productivity, is no longer justified.…

— Bruce Eckel