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ChrisSDtoday at 4:47 AM1 replyview on HN

It minimally reflects PDP-11 assembly, which is not how modern computers work.


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ueckertoday at 6:33 AM

This is a meme which is repeated often, but not really true. If you disagree, please state specifically what property of PDP-11 you think it different from how modern computers work, and where this affects C but not other languages.

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