Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: A thought of C Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:04:20 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 40 Message-ID: <874ilbvexn.fsf@example.invalid> References: <3a3462bdd72c4ed9d392a78b7d369a7b5ccc3b04.camel@gmail.com> <86qzof7od4.fsf@linuxsc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4077b65989a1951a67b9804605790a41"; logging-data="1465986"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+HG8cIKKR1anFANBozMf7B" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ghcAjFcm84/qbtXX7xwzhpoDbjo= sha1:gOCV9Dbro+31i1twI+DnFd2ZX8w= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:397573 wij writes: > On Wed, 2026-04-15 at 17:14 -0700, Tim Rentsch wrote: >> wij writes: >> >> > [... comparing C and assembly language ...] >> >> Gentlemen, >> >> I understand the natural reaction to want to respond to the kind of >> statements being made in this thread.  I hope y'all can resist this >> natural reaction and not respond to people who persist in making >> arguments that are basically isomorphic to saying 1 equals 0. >> >> Thank you for your assistance in this matter. > > Maybe you are right. I say A is-a B, one persist to read A is (exactly) B. > I provide help to using assembly. One persist to read I persuade using > assembly and give up HLL. What is going on here? You say that C is an assembly language. Nobody here thinks that you're *equating* C and assembly language. It's obvious that there are plenty of assembly languages that are not C, and nobody has said otherwise. I have no idea why you think anyone has that particular confusion. At least one person has apparently interpreted your defense of assembly language (that it isn't as scary as some think it is) as a claim that we should program in assembly language rather than in HLLs. You're right, that was a misinterpretation of what you wrote. I considered mentioning that, but didn't bother. The issue I've been discussing is your claim that C is an assembly language. It is not. I do not intend to post again in this thread until and unless you post something substantive on that issue. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */