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My guess is that liking/not liking 'C' depends on how interested you are in its representation model. If you're actively disinterested in how things work as bits in memory, then I can't blame you a ... bit.

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No the representation model is fine. It's where C tries to be something other than portable assembly where it goes awry. E.g. C has more syntax for arrays than actually exists at runtime, which leads to surprising behavior. The problem with array arguments discussed in the LKML thread posted above is a great example.

I am having trouble identifying "the LKML thread."

I think he meant this:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/3/428

(It's Torvalds on a bug made harder to spot by using array arguments in C, which you shouldn't do.)

Thanks so much! Agreed.

sorry for OT, but:

g+ share: 0, reddit share: 1k.

.. so I guess it becomes clear why Google is deemphasising this.

I was actively interested how bits and hardware work, using Z80, 80x86, 68000, GW Basic, Turbo Basic, Turbo Pascal, Modula-2 and Oberon.

No need for C and its flaws.

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