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> Some people literally believe that C maps directly to the machine, when it does not.

Maybe they did, 5 years (or more) ago when that essay came out. it was wrong even then, but repeating it is even more wrong.

> This is just a factual inaccuracy.

No. It's what we call A Strawman Argument, because no one in this thread claimed that C was uniquely close to the hardware.

Jumping in to destroy the argument when no one is making it is almost textbook example of strawmanning.



Claiming that a processor is a "C VM" implies that it's specifically about C.




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