Programming languages
and its types
What is a
programming language?
A programming language is
a special language programmers use to develop applications,
scripts, or other set of instructions for computers to execute. The following
is an index of the different programming and scripting languages
currently listed on our site.
Types of
programming languages:
There are 2
types of programming language:
o
Low level
language
o
High
level language
low level languages
Machine language:
o
The language
that consists of 0s and 1s is called machine language
o
To write
a program in machine language programmer mush have a deep knowledge of computer
architecture
o
Machine
language prgrams are machine dependent
o
It is
very difficult to find errors in a program written in machine language
o
It is
very difficult to write programs in it
as user has to remember things in 0s and 1s
o
Programmers
have great control over the language
o
Instructions
are executed very quickly as there is no language translator
o
It is
directly executable on the machine
o
It is
called the 1st generation programming language
Assembly language:
o
It is
the 2nd generation programming language
o
In this
language 0s and 1s are replaced by English like words calle mnemonics
o
An assembler is required to translate
assembly language instructions to machine code
high level languages:
o
It consists
of English like statements
o
It is
close to human language
o
Each
high level language has a set rules to write programs called syntax
o
Each
high level language is designed for a special purpose
o
Programs
in high level language are machine independent
o
To write
a programming language a deep knowledge of computer architecture is not
required
o
The programmers
have less control over the language as compared to low level language
o
The execution
is slow as it has to pass through a language translator
o
To translate
a language into machine code :
Interpreter
compiler
compiler
Are needed.
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