• azdle@news.idlestate.orgEnglish
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      11 months ago

      C was originally created as a “high-level” language, being more abstract (aka high-level) than the other languages at the time. But now it’s basically considered very slightly more abstract than machine code when compared to the much higher level high-level languages we have today.

      • Corbin@programming.devEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Other way around, actually; C was one of several languages proposed to model UNIX without having to write assembly on every line, and has steadily increased in abstraction. Today, C is specified relative to a high-level abstract machine and doesn’t really resemble any modern processing units’ capabilities.

        Incidentally, coming to understand this is precisely what the OP meme is about.