[noelwelsh]

I think you've misunderstood the author's position. I don't think he's arguing for C at all. Reading between the lines the author is arguing language agnostic APIs, which would allow modern languages to be used to write GPU code.

[vvanders]

Which already exists called SPIR-V.

[AlphaSite]

So SPIR-V or generating code for each ISA directly?