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by Wowfunhappy 168 days ago
You don't think assembly is more tedious to write than C? I don't think that's because of what C does/doesn't "allow" you to do.
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yazaddaruvala 168 days ago
Of course it is. C does allow named functions and variables. C doesn’t allow arbitrary jumps.

Those are two reasons why C is less tedious than assembly.

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1718627440 168 days ago
> C doesn’t allow arbitrary jumps.

Have you heard of longjmp?

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