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That is very interesting. You have quite the resume too. While I've dabbled in nearly everything, I'm a day to day pro C# developer and I absolutely love it. I've never been upset or had a complaint. If I were forced off for some reason, I'd just go to Typescript. I can't imagine using C. Perhaps with some form of AI valgrind. The problems C solved are just not relevant any longer, and it remains entrenched in 2025. Rust with AI analysis will be amazing to see the results of.



It looks to me like C is still very relevant, and isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

I realize a lot of people don't want to use it; and that's fine, don't use it.


It depends on problem domain. If you're writing kernel level code or device drivers you wouldn't use C# or typescript.


There are at least a few kernels, bootloaders, and device drivers written in C# out there… granted for hobby/research.

https://github.com/Michael-K-GH/RoseOS

https://vollragm.github.io/posts/kernelsharp/

https://www.gocosmos.org

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/singularity... (asm, C, C++, largely C# (Sing#))




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