interfacing with x86_64 assembler

[Ramchandra Apte]

On Sunday, 2 September 2012 06:06:06 UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico  wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:10 AM, John Ladasky
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> <john_ladasky at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> > I haven't seen this joke on the Net in years, does anyone still remember it?
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> >
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> > "C combines the power of assembly language with the readability and maintainability of assembly language."
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> Seen it, and it has validity. But I'd rather work with C than actual
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> assembly any day. And these days, C code is just a bunch of directives
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> specifying how a compiler should build a program; optimizing compilers
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> add, remove, reorder, whatever they think fit. It's a pretty high
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> level language now.
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> ChrisA

I thought it was like this:
assembly a low level language
C a medium level language
Java a high level language
Python a very-high level language