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Can't most c++ be machine-lowered to C?

• pjmlp 2y ago
  Yes, that is after all how C++ started. How good the resulting performance would be like, that is another matter.
• woodruffw 2y ago
  Lowering is typically easier than lifting (or brightening). When you lower, you can erase higher-level semantics that aren't relevant; when you lift, you generally want to compose lower-level program behaviors into their idiomatic (and typically safer) equivalent.