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		Wowfunhappy 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust--: Rust without the borrow checker You don't think assembly is more tedious to write than C? I don't think that's because of what C does/doesn't "allow" you to do.

yazaddaruvala 59 days ago [–]

Of course it is. C does allow named functions and variables. C doesn’t allow arbitrary jumps.

Those are two reasons why C is less tedious than assembly.

1718627440 59 days ago | [–]

> C doesn’t allow arbitrary jumps.

Have you heard of longjmp?

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