[programmer_dude]

This just looks like you missing things like classes, namespaces etc. in C. Classes, namespaces etc. are a natural way of making API discoverable (among other things). For example if you want to know how to search for a somthing in a string just look at the methods exposed by string.

[nerdponx]

Then you just pass the buck over to classes and namespaces. You have the same fundamental problem in Ruby and Python, perhaps even worse for lack of typed function signatures.