What's C's biggest mistake?

[Edward Diener]

Walter Bright wrote:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ai9uc/whats_cs_biggest_mistake/ 
> 

This reminds me of the Java idiots when Java first came out. They 
discussed C endlessly trying to prove Java's supremacy as the new 
premier language, and either completely ignored that C++ existed or 
acted as if C++ was a computer language nobody actually used as opposed 
to that paragon of an up to date programming excellence circa 1996, the 
C programming language.

Think how you will feel in 10 years when others belittle the D 
programming language, compared to other languages around in 2019, and 
are always referring to D version 1.

While I admire much of the work you have done in creating D, it does not 
take much for an intelligent programmer to realize that your own view of 
C++ is jaundiced and heavily affected by what you perceive as D's 
improvements over C++. As a suggestion, which I don't expect you to 
take, you would do much better in viewing C++ in a more reasonable light 
while touting features of D which you feel is an improvement.