If you're thinking of programming your DSP in a high-level language instead of assembler, that high-level language will almost certainly be a C-type language. It's unlikely to be standard C, however, ...

C is also a curious creature, in that it’s a high-level language (these are the easy ones to understand), but with low-level elements (so-called because they are “close to the metal”).

For example, good Pascal programmers can get their first C/C++ program operational in a few minutes. In HLA, I wanted to create a language with high level control structures and declarations that made ...