What's C's biggest mistake?

[Walter Bright]

bearophile wrote:
>> C can still be fixed. All it needs is a little new syntax:<
> 
> Good luck moving that iceberg.

I've already thrown my hat in the ring with D <g>.

The C standards group has already made two attempts to fix the array
problem in C. Both attempts missed the mark by a wide margin. The
development of so-called safe C libraries also show the interest in a
decent solution.