[wasmperson]

I don't think most of the recent essays we're seeing defending C are coming from experienced C veterans, but instead from much younger programmers who were introduced to "The C Way" of doing things by Handmade Hero.

It's surprising the number of people for whom that series appears to have completely rewritten their understanding of programming. It's almost like when someone reads Karl Marx or Richard Dawkins for the first time and finds themselves questioning everything they thought they knew about the world. It's such an outsized impact for such a seemingly straightforward tutorial series.