On: The Problem with C (2020)

[_0w8t]

C cannot express quite a few useful things that assembly can. Things like tail calls, stack management, non-flat address space just cannot be expressed.

[bollu → _0w8t]

What's a non flat address space, and what would I use it for?

[_0w8t → bollu]

A segmented architecture is one example. Access to over 4gb of memory on 32 bit CPU is another.