C is not a low level language
In article , Bart wrote:
There are almost no programming fields that require hand-written
assembly these days. Even if you are writing a compiler, or low-level
libraries for a compiler, you are unlikely to need more than small
sections or snippets of assembly. There are still occasions where
assembly will give you noticeably more efficient results than a
high-level language - but very, very few where the difference is big
enough to warrant using assembly. Generally, if you think assembly is
the best choice then you have picked an inappropriate processor,
inappropriate tools, or an inappropriate programmer.
The sorts of arguments can be made against using C or C++. With 90% of
the code of an application, probably it doesn't matter how efficient a
language or compiler is, because the bottlenecks are in the 10%.
more like 1%
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