> C shares one common trait with assembly: the ability to access, interpret, and modify memory freely In reality that is a trap; C makes you think that you mig

> C shares one common trait with assembly: the ability to access, interpret, and modify memory freely In reality that is a trap; C makes you think that you might be able to poke memory in all sorts of ways but in reality there are lot of subtle restrictions around memory access. The whole discussion around pointer provence is the tip of the iceberg here. And that is pretty much at the core of the whole ub hullabaloo; difference between what C seems to be (or have been) and what the standard says.