programming

What Does A Programming Language Do

A programming language is used to write computer programs such as

 Applications
 Utilities
 Servers
 Systems Programs

A program is written as a series of human understandable computer instructions that can be read by a compiler and

linker, and translated into machine code so that a computer can understand and run it.

Examples Of Programming Languages:

These languages include Assembler, C or C++. A computer motherboard with the CPU, RAM and ROM), the instructions to

boot the computer are limited to a small amount of memory in the boot ROM chip and so are usually written in

assembler. Operating systems like Linux or Windows are written in C and C++.

What Programming Languages Are Now In Use?:

It is mainly Java and C++ with C# starting to gain popularity and C holding its own. There have been many attempts

to automate this process, and have computers write computer programs but the complexity is such that for now,

humans still write the best computer programs.

More advanced techniques, for instance using

     Objects
     Generics
     Multi-threading

mean that the modern programming languages are far more powerful.

     Programming Languages - What Are They?

How Are These Newer Programming Languages Better?:

Lower level languages like

     Assembly Language
     C,
     C++

Force the programmer to think more about the problem in computer terms, instead of the business logic. Less about

payrolls and more about how the data is stored.

C# though does not use pointers, so that removes the chances of a pointer being corrupted or not freed. The .NET

runtime handles things like garbage collection, so the developer doesn't have to reinvent this wheel.