C was one of the first programming languages I came in contact with, and honestly, it's a miracle I stuck through after that. All jokes aside, C is an extremely powerful language that will likely never die. I have found it to be an incredible language to study the fundamentals of computer science. I also get an odd sense of joy when I occasionally manage to get a C program through the compiler on the first try. To me, C is not so much a language I would like to seriously work in, but an academic endeavor that has been consistently rewarding for me at every step.