I'd say the author's mental model of the nature of C as a programming language isn't accurate, not helped by efforts to standardise the language.
It could be argued that C is little more of a defined programming language any more than assembly languages is. It's worth remembering that C was invented in part, to abstract away architectural differences, so that Unix could be ported to new platforms.
If you want 'standard' with a sane well-defined ABI that never changes, there are better choices in 2024.
It could be argued that C is little more of a defined programming language any more than assembly languages is. It's worth remembering that C was invented in part, to abstract away architectural differences, so that Unix could be ported to new platforms.
If you want 'standard' with a sane well-defined ABI that never changes, there are better choices in 2024.