Indeed, my first reaction is "no you won't." Even a low-level language like C has its quirks that will bite you -- undefined behavior, for example, or even how

Indeed, my first reaction is "no you won't." Even a low-level language like C has its quirks that will bite you -- undefined behavior, for example, or even how many bits wide an int is. Not to mention that knowing C involves a lot of knowing the standard library, which doesn't happen in minutes.