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Using just assembly is not realistic. I'd love C-like language which compiles to assembly in an understandable way. I mean that optimizations are certainly use

Using just assembly is not realistic. I'd love C-like language which compiles to assembly in an understandable way. I mean that optimizations are certainly useful and needed. I want to write `24 * 60 * 60` and expect for compiler to multiply those values at compile time. I want to write debug logging which could be disabled for release build and all relevant variables and functions be excluded. Basically there are reasonable optimizations which I would expect for compiler to do. Anyway it's not like there's a choice in reality. Manufacturer provides SDK and examples with C, using another language for most projects is not realistic.

pif 2y ago
> Using just assembly is not realistic. And using C as fully deterministic is idiotic, considering the effort that went into specifying in great details everything that is NOT deterministic. > I'd love C-like language which compiles to assembly in an understandable way. Which is orthogonal to its purpose. A compiler's job is to provide the fastest code that implements what your (correct) code specified. Readability is pointless for generated code, as it not meant to be read nor modified.