alt Hacker NewsYou comment this almost everyone it comes up. The hardware also isn’t x86! That’s an abstraction too.
The point is in C you have greater control of execution and resources, not that it matches the hardware exactly. It’s a spectrum and C is closer on that spectrum than JavaScript.
Because just like your comment proves the point, many think only C can do this.
So I keep re-educating folks that isn't the case.
Every thread has different people reading it, so there is always a first time for many of them.