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> This is kind of the point of C. It maps directly to the hardware. No it doesn't. It didn't in the past, it was a high-level abstraction. And it doesn't today
by kllrnohj 7y ago
> This is kind of the point of C. It maps directly to the hardware.
No it doesn't. It didn't in the past, it was a high-level abstraction. And it doesn't today, because CPUs don't behave at all like C's defined virtual machine.
- justinmeiners 7y ago> CPUs don't behave at all like C's defined virtual machine What "virtual machine" are you referring to?
- saagarjha 7y agoThe one defined in the standard.
- anticensor 7y agoOne that ISO 9899 refers to as its abstract machine.