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It may not be an abstraction of a real machine. But the C abstract machine is very close to the foundational idea of how a computer work. And it’s quite easy to
by skydhash 5mo ago
It may not be an abstraction of a real machine. But the C abstract machine is very close to the foundational idea of how a computer work. And it’s quite easy to bootstrap.
- rustyhancock 5mo agoImportantly my work involves me often being able to look at C and think about the assembly and back and I regularly work on ESP32, ch42(riscv) and atmega avr8. I couldn't do that with mciropython on any platform. C is a thin abstraction, python isn't.
- pjmlp 4mo agoHow much of it are C extensions not covered by the language standard?