yes, probably true.

my comments were mostly based on x86 assembly experince, but i have seen people (especially students) having hard time with assembly. they are simply not at home with the idea that every tiny minuscle operation has to be done by yourself.

C language helps them to get the basic framework right, faster. Again, it is a subjective matter and in particular of personal preference. Compilers of today generate much better code, as good as a reasonable assembly language programmer can do. The point is basically, to hide the complexity and sheer stretch of a assembly language program from the programmer.

If it is a optimal, less than optimal or the best solution for a given job depends on the application itself and of course the competancy of the programmer. I dont use C much, but a couple of my collegues actually did well when they switched to C from assembly. I wrote them a few functions and they wrote rest of the app.

girish