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C helps you think like a certain 1970's abstraction of a computer. I really hate the "C is how a computer really works" argument in favour of learning C.
by Marazan 10y ago
C helps you think like a certain 1970's abstraction of a computer.
I really hate the "C is how a computer really works" argument in favour of learning C.
- Rusky 10y agoThat 1970s abstraction is certainly closer to modern computers than any higher level language, and is quite a nice introductory route to learning more accurate models. We still start with the Bohr model in chemistry for the same reasons.