Isn't C the worst language to do this in? Because a lot of C programs contain their own implicit data layout, which can't be violated without breaking the prog

Isn't C the worst language to do this in? Because a lot of C programs contain their own implicit data layout, which can't be violated without breaking the program. Contrast with Scala where the programmer doesn't have the ability to reason about memory AFAIK: http://scala-miniboxing.org/ldl/ http://scala-miniboxing.org/ldl/