I neither consider the C specification beautiful, nor do I think that large parts are missing. In fact, the specification goes to great lengths to allow impleme

I neither consider the C specification beautiful, nor do I think that large parts are missing. In fact, the specification goes to great lengths to allow implementations on a wide range of computers. I will claim that most other languages specifications only seem so straightforward because they have a simpler execution model, where some of the things you can do in C are simply not possible, or where the spec is exclusively targeted at more modern machines. (And that's a good thing for most applications).