On: C as an intermediate language (2012)

[Roboprog]

C: AKA "portable assembler" :-)

[pjmlp → Roboprog]

TI has a DSP processor where the assembly looks quite much like the early days of C:

    mov reg1, reg2    ==>  reg1 = reg2
    mov reg1, [reg2]  ==>  reg1 = *reg2
    add reg1, reg2    ==>  reg1 += reg2

And so on.

[Roboprog → pjmlp]

looks sort of like PDP 11 assembler, particularly the [] brackets for indirect access through a register.