[burfog]

I sort of am the target audience: I'm currently teaching C.

The lack of important standard features means I can't just say "this is C".

For teaching, normal data type sizes are important. Being able to have static data is important. Beginners need to see how these things work.

I do applaud the effort. I think it is a great idea.

[kazinator]

Beginners also need to know that a specific translation to machine or virtual machine instructions isn't the definition of the program's behavior.

If this was a good idea, Kernighan and Ritchie would have filled the pages of that book with PDP-11 instruction sequences accompanying bits of C code.