The paper starts with a series of snippets designed to show off the unique abilities of C that are chock full of undefined behavior, and then argues that C can

The paper starts with a series of snippets designed to show off the unique abilities of C that are chock full of undefined behavior, and then argues that C can be used safely if only programmers and compiler writers were to agree to stay away from undefined behavior. I'm getting mixed messages here… And the title, to me, evokes William Blake: "Some are Born to Endless Night".