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torstenvltoday at 6:04 AM1 replyview on HN

> C isn't not a high level assembler

Hmm.

The text following this heading seems to take the opposite view. I suspect this is a typo.

However, I think the heading is accurate as written. The "C is not a high level assembler" crowd, in my view, is making a category error, conflating C itself with an ISO standard and abstract machine concept coming decades later.

By the same token, "C is a high level assembler" is a gross oversimplification.

"C isn't not a high level assembler" indeed.


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agumonkeytoday at 6:29 AM

What would you say C is beyond the high-level assembler ? genuinely curious (i kinda hold that belief personally but i'm not a c programmer by trade)

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