It feels like the author really isn't talking so much about the limitations of C on modern architectures, but the architecture itself. Possibly relevant is thi

It feels like the author really isn't talking so much about the limitations of C on modern architectures, but the architecture itself. Possibly relevant is this (short?) discussion[1] from 2011 about a CPU more closely designed for functional programming. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2645423 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2645423