[C has] the power of assembly language and the convenience of … assembly language.

— Dennis M. Ritchie, Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On (2011)

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/thedennisritchieeffect/

Quoted in Cade Metz's 2011 Wired article on Ritchie.

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