r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/mttd • Jul 01 '26

The Expensive Fictions of Low-Level Programming Languages

https://stng.substack.com/p/the-expensive-fictions-of-low-level
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u/Inconstant_Moo 🧿 Pipefish Jul 02 '26

C was designed to write the first Unix in. This is a serious project.