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Is C programming on the point of extinction?

According to Computer World knowledge in C programming is less relevant as “the Web takes over” and C programmers are likely to be unemployed soon.

Ehh, my main knowledge is C-programming, I have minor skills in C++ and know close to nothing about Java. Do I feel afraid of being out of work? No way, its years since I had so much to do. Recently, my manager tried to get an extra consultant to ease the pressure but got no replies from the consultant companies - no trained C programmers were free at the moment…

Fact is that software engieers specialised in C development for embedded devices are more needed than ever and in my opinion that is not going to change for the next 5 to 10 years.

We recently tried to introduce C++ in small scale but it was met by solid resistance. The automotive industry is extremly conservative and for a good reason. Even when using the latest Freescale automotive PowerPC’s clock cycle is limited to 132 MHz and RAM is usually less than 256 kBytes including external chip since larger external SRAM is to expensive and difficult to find in automotive spec.

So there is no way Java or something similar comes over the bridge…