Looking at this, I feel that while there seem to be many different actual implementations, they really boil down to just a few similar core principles

gcc is gone, like clang. Those are c++ abominations. Not worth more than /opt.

Prefer, tinycc, cproc, scc, assembly.

'Shocking', 'striking', 'disappointing', 'will shock you' -- the article is padded with hyperbole.

This is obviously humor.

You stopped at the lexicon, check how it's used more thoroughly!

Struck by (his) Poes I suppose.

Happens to the best of us :-)

Gee I wonder why Raymond would do that

I have no context. Was that sarcasm ? I have no idea if this is expected or unexpected of Raymond.

Try again? You don't really need context here.

Blog said: "As with all shocking discoveries, this one will <strike>shock</strike> disappoint you."

You complained: "'Shocking', 'striking', 'disappointing', 'will shock you' -- the article is padded with hyperbole."

Damn, reader mode doesn't keep the strike, I thought it was an English idiom I didn't know about xD

He found that gambling was going on in here!