The practical result is that on a machine without a configuration file, you can’t determine what NTP server it’s trying to use without having access to the sour

The practical result is that on a machine without a configuration file, you can’t determine what NTP server it’s trying to use without having access to the source code (or some compile time include) or doing some other trickery. That is a ludicrous design decision and is indicative of the developers having zero empathy towards their users.