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C programmers are not thinking that C is low level language. ;-) Assembler language is low-level language, because it is not portable between architectures. C
by lisivka 10y ago
C programmers are not thinking that C is low level language. ;-)
Assembler language is low-level language, because it is not portable between architectures. C is high-level language, because it's portable. It's means that one C language statement can be translated into many statements of assembler language, hence C has higher level of abstraction than assembler language.
- goatlover 10y agoC is low level for everyone using a programming language other than C (excluding assembly). That even applies to languages created in the early 60s, prior to C.
- lisivka 10y agoC is one of first high level languages. If someone is not educated well, it is his problem. It's possible to do low-level stuff in C, e.g. by inline assembler, but it does not makes C low level. Low level languages lacks abstractions, i.e. they tied to machine, while high level languages are not.