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.

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

I fix things now and then, more often tweak HTML and make scripts to do things.

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

When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.

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.

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