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In 1970, it was estimated that about 90% of all “serious” programming (i.e., that done by professional programmers) was done in assembly language—even though many of the high-level programming languages that presently exist were available then. (A predecessor to C was just being developed at that time.) This state of affairs was accounted for using the explanation that most of the programs under development were system programs, which, if coded in a high-level language, would occupy too much space or would be too slow. In those days, the proliferation of microprocessors was virtually inconceivable.
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Lewin, M.H. (1986). Introduction. In: Elements of C. Foundations of Computer Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2155-2_1
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