Re:C Is Not a Low-Level Language
by nerdponx on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @01:56PM
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That's my whole point. C doesn't try to stop you from doing that. C tries to do exactly what you ask it to, and if the OS doesn't allow it it just crashes.
To me that is about as low level as you can get without bypassing the OS.
Re:C Is Not a Low-Level Language
by ryao on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @05:57PM
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Try using atomic instructions or initializing various tables during system boot. You will find that there are things C cannot do, unless you write assembly and call to it from C.
To me that is about as low level as you can get without bypassing the OS.