&gt; Wouldn&#x27;t you want to choose a more &quot;clear&quot; language<p>Are you implying that another language would be more clear?<p>Quite the opposite, C doesn&#x27;t hide anything from you. When you want to understand what the computer is doing you can tell directly from the C code. Unlike other languages where you need to understand what the language is doing first, and only then can you understand the computer.<p>There are time where &quot;hiding&quot; the computer is useful, but not here.