I know things can go downhill quickly when I read things like this:

>There is one irritating thing about C as a viable programming language.

Given its history, I don't see where this guy comes from that he can declare whether C is a viable programming language or not. Especially when his real complaint is not about C at all.

>Microsoft’s compiler support is not good.

While some may complain that I'm making a minor quibble, my point is, when you make statements like this, your credibility falls a notch or twelve and I have to look at the rest of the article with suspicion.