https://godbolt.org/g/q01z7n https://godbolt.org/g/q01z7n I'm not sure what you mean by layers of abstraction (type checking? optimization?) but C code often d

https://godbolt.org/g/q01z7n https://godbolt.org/g/q01z7n I'm not sure what you mean by layers of abstraction (type checking? optimization?) but C code often does have a pretty straightforward translation to assembly. Perhaps you had a bad experience and can clarify what you mean?