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Well, C is a lie anyway: it's not how computers work any more (and I'm not sure it's how they ever worked).
by eru 10mo ago
Well, C is a lie anyway: it's not how computers work any more (and I'm not sure it's how they ever worked).
- woooooo 10mo agoAssembly isnt how they work under the hood, but its the highest fidelity interface we have. C as "portable assembler" is targeting the surface that chip designers give us and the one that they try to make fast via all their microcode tricks.