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by nemo1618 2897 days ago
Low-level languages are almost always "hacking" languages, since direct hardware access inevitably brings with it a degree of unsafety. But the reverse is not true: "hacking" does not imply "low-level," as exemplified by Python, Lisp, etc. I'd be really interested to a low-level "protective" language, if such a thing is even possible. Something like Hoon, maybe?