Reducing this analogy, you obtain the simplest form of "C is like a Hammer". I really want that hammer. With it I could as easily manipulate the molecules in th

Reducing this analogy, you obtain the simplest form of "C is like a Hammer". I really want that hammer. With it I could as easily manipulate the molecules in the wood I'm hammering as I could secure the roof to the frame of a house. Buffer overflows would be a problem of course, at least for large buildings with lots of traffic-- after the 4,294,967,296th person the whole thing would just collapse.