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PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
CONTENT
- Features of Machine Language
- Features of Low Level Languages
- Features of High Level Languages
- Examples Of Programming Languages
- Comparison of the Levels of Programming Languages
Features of Machine Language
- It is the machine language or machine dependent
- Consumes less space by computer memory unlike high level language
- It is written in 0’s and 1’s.
- It is very difficult to write and modify.
Features of Low Level Languages
- Machine dependent.
- Synthetic code is used e.g. HLT for HALT
- Mnemonic codes are used in place of actual machine.
Features of High Level Languages
- It is machine independent
- It consists of series of instruction codes.
- You must adhere to some rules while writing the high-level languages.
- It is easy to read and understand.
- They are problem oriented.
Examples Of Programming Languages
BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, PASCAL, C++, JAVA, ORACLE, JAVA, PYTHON, etc.
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Wilfred Bassey
Halima Ahmadu
David Oyedepo
Sadiq Barau
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