This illustrates one of the issues with "high-level" languages: when you need to do something that the language does not allow, you have to resort to horrible h

This illustrates one of the issues with "high-level" languages: when you need to do something that the language does not allow, you have to resort to horrible hacks. I thought the C version of Duff's device was bad, but this is atrocious. This is non-portable copy-pasta on steroids. This is one of the reasons why people still use C and C++. When you need to tune something, you can write it using the same language and nicely encapsulate it.