This kind of "FUD" surrounding C is definitely exaggerated. There's an awkward knee-jerk glow to the whole article, not least from the fact that the writer admits his inexperience in C. At times it even seems as if he lacks experience in programming, silently admitting his failure to comprehend the computer/software symbiosis altogether. After reading the article I played around with a funny exercise in my mind: I replaced the semantical mentions of C and programming with "tightrope walking", moving his arguments out of the computer programming sphere, and suddenly the general, ridiculous tone of the article stood out even more clear. Tightrope walking can be really, really tricky. Running with scissors can be done in a risky way, I suppose. Practicing pistol marksmanship incurs some risk, too.
