TIOBE isimli kodlama standartları şirketinin yaptığı
araştırmaya göre en çok kullanılan programlama dilleri sıralamasında PHP atağa geçti ve C++'ın yerini zorluyor. Visual Basic, Perl ve Delphi'deki ciddi düşüşe karşın Lisp/Scheme dilleri artışta. En çok artanlar ise Java ve PHP.
Q:Do you have any predictions as to the future of C?
A:Dennis Ritchie: C is declining somewhat in usage compared to C++, and maybe Java, but perhaps even more compared to higher-level scripting languages. It's still fairly strong for the basic system-type things.
Q:What's your opinion on microkernels vs. monolithic?
A:Dennis Ritchie: They're not all that different when you actually use them. `Micro´ kernels tend to be pretty large these days, and `monolithic´ with loadable device drivers are taking up more of the advantages claimed for microkernels.