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| C Is Not a Low-Level Language (queue.acm.org) | ||
| recommended by 3 users | 2018 | 472 points by jodooshi | c and c++ | original thread | | ||
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noobermin Aug 26, 2018 | on: Solving Spectre and Meltdown may ultimately require a new… | context
Something very relevant to this discussion was this article[0] from a few weeks back. A bit of a clickbait title, but the points are very relevant: C, based on the PDP-11, has a computation model that no longer really tracks with how a computer actually works today, and in those gaps is where people insert in stuff like speculative execution in the first place to be faster while maintaining the guise to app developers of a "fast PDP-11". [0] https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3212479 Old discussion (skip the first reply for meat!) |
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Google234 Dec 27, 2019 | on: C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) | context
Good previous discussion with 316 comments : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16967675 |
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| 1. | C Is Not a Low-level Language (2018) (queue.acm.org) | |
| recommended by 1 user | 2019 | 343 points by pcr910303 | original thread | | ||
My favorite article on this: "C Is Not a Low-level Language: Your computer is not a fast PDP-11"
Hacker news post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16967675
and again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21888096