What's C's biggest mistake?

[Sean Kelly]

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.

C has the advantage of working pretty much the same on every platform around, while C++ compilers are /still/ unreliable about standard library support, language features, etc.  In fact, my current project is in C, though I'd prefer at least using the "C with objects" style of C++ like DMD is written in.  As you've said, C is the lingua franca in many places and it's difficult to displace.