In addition to the points he makes, there is less of a complexity barrier to jump with that generation of machine. Modern OSX/MacOS/iOS is arguably elegant but

In addition to the points he makes, there is less of a complexity barrier to jump with that generation of machine. Modern OSX/MacOS/iOS is arguably elegant but also complex and hardly something you control... A far cry from the demo'ed C compiler. I can see a lot of utility in that little rig. And a lot of future proofing.