Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks.
C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.
C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.
Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9
The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected.
I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.