The C abstract machine is basically an overgrown PDP-11 at this point and most modern hardware is designed with that in mind with GPU and vector hardware being

The C abstract machine is basically an overgrown PDP-11 at this point and most modern hardware is designed with that in mind with GPU and vector hardware being notable exceptions — and notably not being especially amenable to programming in C. It’s actually been an unfortunate and pernicious codependence IMHO.