What's C's biggest mistake?

[Walter Bright]

BCS wrote:
> I guess my point is that aside from VERY resource limited systems, 
> almost no one will have C as their first choice. Even with those limited 
> systems I'd bet that most people would rather be working in something 
> else if they could. That said, there are many places where it ends up 
> being the lingua franca.

I still think you're underestimating C's audience. Consider the Linux 
effort - they can choose any implementation language they want, and they 
choose C. They aren't forced into C.