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		OSDeveloper 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C is not a low-level language (2018) I would say it is only a low level language if it's a form of assembly or used in systems programming like Linux or OpenBSD or whatever else in the kernel land

Detrytus 9 months ago [–]

I would say that any language that has if-else instruction, for loop, and the ability to define functions/procedures is "high level".

renewedrebecca 9 months ago | | [–]

You can do all those things with a macro assembler.

mystified5016 9 months ago | | [–]

Assembly has all of these features.

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