Re:C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018)
by adwn on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:51AM
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> C lacks any high level abstractions. All the abstractions it does offer are [...]
By that standard, practically all languages lack high level abstractions. Garbage collection? Hides pointer chasing and marking of memory locations. Dynamic dispatch? Hides a pointer to a function table. Functional programming? Hides pointers to closures. Closures? Hide pointers to data and function pointers.
By that standard, practically all languages lack high level abstractions. Garbage collection? Hides pointer chasing and marking of memory locations. Dynamic dispatch? Hides a pointer to a function table. Functional programming? Hides pointers to closures. Closures? Hide pointers to data and function pointers.