What you're describing is actually why it's labeled a "high-level" language. As noted by Brian Kernighan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2Hsvxaf8M https://ww

What you're describing is actually why it's labeled a "high-level" language. As noted by Brian Kernighan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2Hsvxaf8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2Hsvxaf8M Now that there are languages that are higher level, people want to imagine that C is a low level language, when it actually isn't.