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> When your computer is a PDP-11, otherwise it is a high level systems language like any other. Describing C as "high-level" seems like deliberate abuse of the
by NoTeslaThrow 1y ago
> When your computer is a PDP-11, otherwise it is a high level systems language like any other.
Describing C as "high-level" seems like deliberate abuse of the term. The virtual machine abstraction doesn't imply any benefits to the developer.
- pjmlp 1y agoNeither does pretending C is a macro Assembler.
- timClicks 1y agoThat's a curious remark, although I guess it doesn't look high level from the eyes of someone looking at programming languages today. C has always been classed as a high level language since its inception. That term's meaning has shifted though. When C was created, it wasn't assembly (middle) or directly writing CPU op codes in binary/hex (low level).
- ecb_penguin 1y ago> Describing C as "high-level" seems like deliberate abuse of the term Honestly it doesn't really matter. High level and low level are relative to each-other (and machine language), and nothing changes based on what label you use. Best thing to do is shrug and say "ok".
- ryao 1y agoSpend 90 days writing nothing but assembly language and then tell me that you believe C is a low level language.
- NoTeslaThrow 1y agoI don't see much difference. What is C suppose to express that assembly cannot? What is assembly suppose to express that C cannot? Does this conversation matter to begin with?