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1986 was the year that someone discovered C-bashing as a national sport. It gained popularity mostly among programmers who were just learning C and couldn't wait to write something clever about it, mainly about how much trouble it was giving them. Couldn't be them. Must be C. It's fashionable not to like something that's so popular. I never liked Johnny Cash all that much. In January of 1986, we had "Inefficient C," (get it?) telling us how slow and big C programs are. And in June, we got "What's Wrong With C," telling us more of the same, and suggesting that C programmers do it for the glory of being in on something esoteric. Yeah, and your mama, too.