My point is, that ANY compiler may introduce its own bugs
have you ever had an assembler "introduce its own bugs", I have.

try the free mcGregor assembler included with the Philips XA. I found a bug the first day, threw the crap away and bought a working assembler/compiler/linker (HITech). So all I can say is it has one bug, but finding that the first day makes me way too suspicious to even consider going on - especially with a free tool (free = no right to complain)

I consider an erroneous assembler much more 'dangerous' than an erroneous compiler. When suspicion arise, for the assembler you have to check hex codes, for a compiler you have to check assembly. BTW I just realize that this is one of the best arguments for learning assembly before C, I have numerous times usd my knowledge of assembler to check my C (my C, not the compiler)

so, while all your arguments re C are valid, they are not an argument against C in comparison with assembler.

Erik