Written in one night? C has the just about cleanest syntax going. Java, javascript, C++, CF, etc. didn't copy it for fun, you know.
Still, it does look a bit odd at first, but with experience you will actually realise its stuff like BASIC that is unweildy.
The C-syntax was copied because it is what most
programmers are used to already.
Syntactically its a piece of ***.
And lets not talk about C++.
No, C has other things going for it:
Lots of Examples,documentation,books,teached in schools,
and implementations on every possible platform.
A bit like Windows
Edit:
[if you disregard implementations on every platform
]
