A language can not be exactly aligned to every possible hardware variation at the same time of course. So C does dome abstracting from the hardware level but keeps the mental model of memory locations which can be pointed to by pointers.
> A language can not be exactly aligned to every possible hardware variation at the same time of course. So C does dome abstracting from the hardware level but keeps the mental model of memory locations which can be pointed to by pointers.
Sure, and I agree with you, but anyone complaining that the language which models hardware more closely than any other language, "doesn't model the hardware" should be prepared for the followup question of "Well, which other language in common use is closer to the hardware?"
It's really tiring reading the same old assertions in every thread about C; usually backed up by the same two or three sources that everyone has already read.
