What is the point of learning C? | CIO

What is the point of learning C? | CIO: "C is a fundamental language that is still in use in the IT industry. But that may change, says Mark Driver, a research analyst at Gartner. "They [C and C++] are the native tongue for system-level programming, and they probably will be for many years. Eventually, though, languages like Google Go or D may replace them."

"We see almost no demand for C or C++ among our IT centric clients," says Driver. "What we see is Java and other managed code languages being used," he says. "C doesn't allow you to address many modern architectural best practices, and the rise of languages such as Java and C# has been largely to address this."

But Driver says there's one rapidly growing area where there is likely to a be a huge demand for programmers with skills in C: the internet of things (IoT).  He says that the rise of IoT could lead to a huge revival in the need for small footprint codebases and runtimes. "For traditional workloads there is no need to be counting the bytes like there used to be. But when it comes to IoT applications there is that need once again. So we may well see a resurgence in demand for C skills.""



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