The C Terrain, a C programming tutorial:

For a few minutes, let us consider that mu-Pee is a beautiful girl standing at the other end of this terrain and you are a handsome man. Terrain being rough and large, its impossible for you to communicate anything to her. But, you are dying to fall in love with the girl. What will you do? Any suggestions? Ask me, I'll take out a heart shaped balloon, fill it with gas and let it free. What do you think would be mu-Pee's response?

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Now you have the idea, that the programs you write in C, are actually translated to language of mu-Pee by Mr. Compiler. As long as Mr. Compiler is doing his job, you need not worry about the internal functioning of the mu-Pee and hence your computer.