Indeed he didn't. The whole thread was about native vs. non-native code, where C is just an example of native code.
C++ is another example, closely related to C, with all the relevant properties. for example, you don't pay (performance) for abstractions/features you don't use. (exceptions, garbage collection, virtual function calls/inheritance)
The best bet might be if China decides they need to be fully independant from the 'Capitalist West' and design their own architecture
I'm not so sure if you have ever seen the Chinese way of designing; fiddle with it until it seems to work. Search for Huawei's security problems and you'll get the drift. Hardware design is really not done better.
since having your signal only travel 0.1 mm per clock pulse makes it rather hard to get the data around...
There's still plenty of fixed-function hardware around (wlan chipsets, even though they're somewhat programmable) for which this might not be a major issue.
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