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An assembler spillover into C.
by hougaard 4y ago
An assembler spillover into C.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoWas C ever much more than a veneer on top of assembler? Don't get me wrong, it's why I like C.
- adwn 4y ago> Was C ever much more than a veneer on top of assembler? Maybe in the very early days, but that necessarily had to end as soon as compilers started doing non-trivial optimizations. Today, C is very far from being "portable assembly".