[TazeTSchnitzel]

> Meanwhile, the actual computers we have been using for decades have no problems actually just loading 4 bytes through any arbitrary pointer with zero overhead.

PCs yes, but there are many other things C is compiled to for which this is not true.

[titzer]

C isn't a programming language. It's not even portable assembly. It's a vague suggestion of a program that might or might not be feasible to run on a target computer and the compiler and other diagnostic tools are under no obligation whatsoever to help you find out what, if anything, is wrong with your program. It's user hostile and should be relegated to the bad old days.