Maybe not a direct correlation but: "By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions"[1] I believe this is what the op w

Maybe not a direct correlation but: "By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions"[1] I believe this is what the op was getting at. This is why C is called a "mid level" language. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29