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		LessDmesg on Dec 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) If C is not low-level anymore andnot fast without a ton of optimizations, then let's see a truly low-level language that's as fast or faster. Let's see Erlang or whatever consistently beat C. That's supposed to be easier for a language that maps better to the modern hardware, right? So where is it?

di4na on Dec 27, 2019 [–]

Nowhere bevause the modern hardware is only developped to be accessed C-like.

Of course that cripple it, but that is what the market ask so it is the only one produced.

Or you could look at HPC. Ever wondered why they use Fortran?

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