This is great.... NOT. "people could understand the machine model behind C" -> that is why every substantial C program is ridden with undefined behavior, overf

This is great.... NOT. "people could understand the machine model behind C" -> that is why every substantial C program is ridden with undefined behavior, overflows, memory leaks, race conditions.... "C succeeded because it was doing the right thing" -> If the right thing is giving rise to the software exploit industry and causing billions in damages.. I suggest you read Richard Gabriel's "Worse is Better" (http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html) and forget anything that Stepanov has to say on the matter. Either he is utterly clueless or a dangerous imbecile. C has been in use for decades now. We only have to look at the facts, not listen to fallacies that various cretins feel the urge to proclaim.