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).
Assembly 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.
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Assembly 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.