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Re:C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) by drran on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @09:15AM (#29713960)
C is the most cross-platform language today, because almost every platform supports C. JVM is written in C, for example, for portability.
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Re:C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) by Sindisil on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @10:20AM (#29714543)
The most prevalent JVM is written mostly in C++, not C.

Your portability point mostly stands, though.

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