Apples and oranges yet again. The original article is about Haskell; an entirely different beast from Python. Haskell compiles down to machine code, not byte code.
I was responding to a comment that said that "C is no closer to the metal than other high level languages", without qualifying which high level languages.
But even Haskell is not as "bare metal" as C. Just because a language can compile to machine code doesn't mean it fills the same role that C does.
But even Haskell is not as "bare metal" as C. Just because a language can compile to machine code doesn't mean it fills the same role that C does.