C really wasn't designed to handle common low-level hurdles any more than the CPUs that created the problems were. Just because you can formulate solutions doesn't mean shooting yourself in the foot isn't easier.
Applying the phrase "designed" to C is already dubious. It's a language that evolved from a very minimal and not terribly "designed" thing based off predecessor languages whose primary selling point was basically "it's easier to write a compiler for than Algol"
I don't hate C, but we can do a lot better with hindsight and at this point the amount of damage caused by foisting null terminated strings on the world is inexcusable.
