Yes. I agree. I thought the essay might be useful or informative, but about a third of the way through I realized that this was one of these "look how clever I am" essays.

This would have been a good launching-off point to talk about the linker, or language design, which we did a bit of towards the end but in the wrong context, in my opinion. Instead this author was a bit too clever by half; a shorter article more focused on practical limitations might have been much more helpful to coders.