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In computer science, a high-level programming language is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer.
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Advantages
High-level programming languages may:
- Use natural language elements
- Be easier to use
- May automate (or even hide entirely) significant areas of computing systems (e.g. memory management)
These factors makes the process of developing a program simpler and more understandable, relative to a low-level programming language.
How high-level
The amount of abstraction provided defines how "high-level" a programming language is.
Low-level programming languages
Low-level programming languages provide little or no abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture.
Commands or functions in the language map closely to processor instructions.
Low-level languages are simple and efficient, but more difficult to use.
See also
External links
- High-level programming language @ Wikipedia
