C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.

It seems certain that much of the success of Unix follows from the readability, modifiability, and portability of its software.

I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio - I'm not an audiophile.

C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.

At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler