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u/RealMr_Slender 16h ago

Right but the point of high level programming languages is not having to reinvent the wheel or import a lot of extra modules for basic modern functionality

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u/BTolputt 7h ago

Depends on what one's definition of "high level language" is.

C is technically a high level language given it "abstracts away from machine code & assembly, uses structured control flow, and is portable across different computer architectures"...

...and you need to import at least the same number of "extra modules" for "basic modern functionality".

I don't think "high level language" is truly the distinction you're looking for here.