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Re:“What the Hardware Does” Is Not What Your Program Does: U... by noobermin on Monday July 15, 2019 @04:25AM (#20439017)
While I agree with you, it is true that C of the K&R days doesn't exist anymore because computers are no longer like PDP-11s. This bookmark of mine is under "importantkeep"[0] (also cited in the article).

I agree though, the moment abstract machines distract from actually creating something is the moment one has gone too far.

[0] https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3212479

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Re:“What the Hardware Does” Is Not What Your Program Does: U... by ralfjung on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:06AM (#20439632)
IMO the real machines are much more distracting than the abstract ones. ;)
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