I disagree. The reason it's not clean is because they threw everything including the kitchen sink into it. C is a very simple and elegant language. You can wri

I disagree. The reason it's not clean is because they threw everything including the kitchen sink into it. C is a very simple and elegant language. You can write down the specs for it on a dinner napkin. And implement a compiler for it overnight. C++, on the other hand? A fully compliant compiler for it took over a decade.