Since the first Fortran compiler one of the basic tenets of computer programming has been that the computer itself should help the human programmer express his/

Since the first Fortran compiler one of the basic tenets of computer programming has been that the computer itself should help the human programmer express his/her ideas and help the human avoid basic accounting mistakes. C doesn't do the latter. Blaming the human programmer for stupid accounting mistakes is misplaced. The human's mistake was in choosing a bad language.