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		ryao 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacktical C: practical hacker's guide to the C pro... Spend 90 days writing nothing but assembly language and then tell me that you believe C is a low level language.

NoTeslaThrow 7 months ago [–]

I don't see much difference. What is C suppose to express that assembly cannot? What is assembly suppose to express that C cannot? Does this conversation matter to begin with?

ryao 7 months ago | | [–]

You did not spend 90 days writing assembly language. I doubt you even spent 1 day.

saulpw 7 months ago | | [–]

For one, C has types and type-checking.

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