Are you familiar with the lengths people go to to make C work in the "life saving technology" contexts? Your argument is essentially: My thinking is clear and

Are you familiar with the lengths people go to to make C work in the "life saving technology" contexts? Your argument is essentially: My thinking is clear and correct, I just can't explain to the compiler why it's correct, so just trust me. People _very_ easily delude themselves into thinking their thinking is clear. When they are forced to spell it out in excruciating detail it often turns out otherwise.