And there's no shame in that, and there's no reason why you should be instantly able to hack around with C code. It can be very low-level and very tricky to fol

And there's no shame in that, and there's no reason why you should be instantly able to hack around with C code. It can be very low-level and very tricky to follow - that's the consequence of its power. The right tools for the right jobs. As an aside, it's quite possible, of course, to write ridiculously tricky code in any language.