Not at all. The point of C is to have as much abstraction as possible while still allowing maximal control. And 'as much abstraction as possible' is a matter of

Not at all. The point of C is to have as much abstraction as possible while still allowing maximal control. And 'as much abstraction as possible' is a matter of historical context, since we learn all the time that there are better ways of doing abstraction than C does.