The Case for a Modern Language

There is a difference of opinion among many programmers regarding the idea of replacing **C**, either in newly wrritten code or else altogether. I find myself coming down on the side that it makes little sense to try to replace a legacy codebase, and still find **C** useful in some contexts (particularly in the realm of microcontrollers). That said I think a strong case can be made for using one of the several more modern languages that have sprung up in the systems programming space, at least for newly written code.