This guy probably doesn't know hardware. C succeeded in part because, in many problem spaces, it was easier to write "portable assembly" than it was to bridge

This guy probably doesn't know hardware. C succeeded in part because, in many problem spaces, it was easier to write "portable assembly" than it was to bridge the semantic gap between higher languages, like LISP, and typical ISAs. All of this Bret Victor cultistry is a grandchild of B5000 design. Want better software, need better hardware. Maybe with the end of Moore's Law, we'll start making better hardware...