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With that logic, C is nothing without assembly.

• embedding-shape 3mo ago
  Does C also have a compiler that turns C code into assembly before the real runtime does its work? Never done much C development in the past, didn't get the impression it worked like that.
  • IceDane 3mo ago
    You can output assembly with any toolchain, yes. But there's no runtime, at least if you mean in the sense that the code is executed by a runtime.
  • messe 3mo ago
    > Does C also have a compiler that turns C code into assembly before the real runtime does its work? What do you think ahead of time compilation is?
  • OJFord 3mo ago
    > Does C also have a compiler that turns C code into assembly Yes, that's 'a C compiler', like gcc. > before the real runtime does its work Sort of, the program is 'the runtime', but this is backwards, languages that have 'a runtime' get the name from it running at runtime to compile/interpret source or byte code. In C what runs at runtime is just your program, whatever you compiled. (Maybe it's an interpreter though!)
    • embedding-shape 3mo ago
      I mean, once you split that sentence into pieces and answer them individually, of course it stops making sense. It's the whole "+ chuck the results into a runtime" that makes it make sense (or not) as a comparison against "TS > JS > V8/SpiderMonkey"
  • throawayonthe 3mo ago
    a c compiler turns c code into assembly which is then consumed by an assembler(?)
• croes 3mo ago
  Typescripts add another layer on top of that