Talking to the computer with the C language is direct, precise and comes with an imperative tone. You have fine-grained control and deep level access over the computer, but with great power comes great responsibility. Learning C comes with a few benefits.
C is the root of most modern languages. C is a lingua-franca. C syntax is relatively simple and short. C has been updated a few times and the c90 and c99 versions are mature enough.
C allows us to listen and understand the computer. How it works. Understand the compiler. understand the history of computing. understand the tricks used to make a program performant and use as low memory as possible.C allows us to witness and understand the program construction phase.