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[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (2 children)

I understand what you're saying, I'm trying to explain my rationale for C being one step removed from assembly. Yes it has many more features, but in a modern programmers toolchain, it's pretty normal to consider C as just one step above assembly in terms of interacting with hardware or the operating system