> C is just an assembler with macros No. Can we put this dumb meme to rest? 1972 C was just an assembler with macros. 2019 C has been a major focus of highly c

> C is just an assembler with macros No. Can we put this dumb meme to rest? 1972 C was just an assembler with macros. 2019 C has been a major focus of highly complex compiler research and engineering for decades. Sure, if you write broken code, C will happily access illegal memory if that's what the input program tells it to. But it will do so efficiently ;-)