No, it's what some computers do. It's almost certainly not what the computer you are using currently does. It's quite possible it's not what any computer you've ever used does.
> So you would rather ...
I'm not expressing a preference. If you think I was, you've misunderstood my comment. I'm making observations, not judgements. I'm not anti-C, it's a fine language for many things; however I do think that the articles author is not being as even-handed as he claims when it comes to some of the short-comings of C.
> Your problem is nomenclature?
Again, I'm not making a judgement. C exists in a paradigm where writing
x = 3
x = 4
>>there is random access storage of information (with constant time access and update)
>Again, that's just how "the world" works.
That's absolutely not how "the world" works. Again, you've probably never even used a computer where it was true.
> dissing C is just shitting where you eat. The only reasons I can imagine for it are jealousy or ignorance.
I don't think I've made any statement anywhere in this discussion that's "dissing C".