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Re:Why learn C? by pjmlp on Thursday June 28, 2012 @10:40AM (#4171893)
There were computers before C existed, and there will be computers after C is long gone.

If you really want to know how current computers work at low level, then Assembly is the only way.

Everything else are higher level abstractions.

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Re:Why learn C? by bertomartin on Thursday June 28, 2012 @12:09PM (#4172364)
But, you could probably use C as a stepping stone to Assembly...or just dip in whenever you need clarification on something.
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