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Is this not a strawman? I've never seen anyone, ever, say that C is "how the computer works". Searching for references (since the author provides pseudo-quotes
by endorphone 8y ago
Is this not a strawman? I've never seen anyone, ever, say that C is "how the computer works". Searching for references (since the author provides pseudo-quotes to refute that they seem to have invented) finds shockingly few making such a claim.
- sinistersnare 8y agoI know its anecdotal, but I hear the phrase all of the time. People who have only ever used higher-level languages, and want to learn more about computers. The say that they would rather learn C over C++, Rust, etc. because C is 'how computers work'.
- lukeschlather 8y agoWas the article changed? The the author makes basically this point in the second bullet point after the first paragraph.