Quote: C-- is an abstraction of computation (expressions), control flow (if), memory (addressing), registers (variables), and procedures; an intermediate language

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C-- is an assembly language -- an abstraction … - C-- expressions and assignments are abstractions of … - C--'s goto and if statements are abstractions … The if abstraction hides the machine's "condition codes," … that addresses used in C-- programs may be … - C-- variables are an abstraction for registers … - In addition, C-- provides a procedure abstraction … [p. 6] Even though C-- exposes a few architecture-specific … [compiler's front end can be] largely independent of the target architecture. … C-- resembles a typical compiler's intermediate language more …   Google-1   Google-2

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