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>C is also not based on solid foundations C is based on the solidest possible foundation: the actual hardware CPU.

• Thiez 10y ago
  The C abstract machine doesn't have that much in common with any actual hardware. I suppose it sort-of resembled the PDP-11 once.
  • dekhn 10y ago
    C does not define an abstract machine. That's the runtime implementation's job.