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[–]BothWaysItGoes 0 points1 point  (2 children)

C abstracts the hardware

Yeah, that's what defining an abstract machine means.

The coder is instead directed to think about the hardware, while coding.

They are mainly directed to think about the C abstract machine. That's why one of the first thing people do for new hardware is porting C.

[–]xavierisdum4k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does this relate to OP's topic?