Evolution of Programming Languages Generations Most books and articles on history of programming languages tend to discuss languages in term of generations.This is useful arrangement for classifying languages by age.I agree that whatever a few of we ‘more mature’ software engineers get together‚ we cannot ever seem to agree on wht constitutes the generation of computer languages.We know that Formula Translation (FORTRAN) was probably a first-generation languges.Does that make FORTRAN 77 and WatFor
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Programming language generations The terms "first generation" and "second generation" programming language were not used prior to the coining of the term "third-generation"; none of these three terms are mentioned in early compendiums of programming languages. The introduction of a third generation of computer technology coincided with the creation of a new generation of programming languages. The marketing for this generational shift in machines correlated with several important changes in what
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solving has pushed the development of newer programming languages. The evolution of programming languages is typically discussed in terms of generation of languages. The first generation of Programming languages is machine language‚ which required the use of binary symbols (0s and 1s). Because this is the language of the CPU‚ text file that are translated into binary sets can be read by almost every computer system platform. Developers of programming languages attempted to overcome some of the difficulties
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Levels of programming languages There are two major levels namely; 1. Low-level languages 2. High-level languages These two languages are sub-divided into five generations. 1st and 2nd gen - low level languages 3rd‚ 4th‚ and 5th – high level Xtics of low level languages. 1. They are easily understood by the computer directly i.e. they require little effort to translate into computer understandable form. 2. These languages are hardware oriented and thus not portable i.e. such that a
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1ST GENERATION (MACHINE CODE): The first generation of codes used to program a computer‚ was called machine language or machine code‚ it is the only language a computer really understands‚ a sequence of 0s and 1s that the computer’s controls interprets as instructions‚ electrically. First-generation languages required the writing of long strings of binary numbers to represent such operations as “add‚” “subtract‚” “and compare.” Later improvements allowed octal‚ decimal‚ or hexadecimal representation
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First Java Program: Hello World In this section‚ our plan is to lead you into the world of Java programming by taking you through the three basic steps required to get a simple program running. The Java system is a collection of applications not unlike any of the other applications that you are accustomed to using (such as your word processor‚ e-mail program‚ or internet browser). As with any application‚ you need to be sure that Java is properly installed on your computer. You also need
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History of Programming Languages To date‚ there have been two conferences focusing on programming languages. The Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) of the Association for Computing Machinery sponsored two "History of Programming Languages (HOPL)" conferences. The first of these took place in Los Angeles in 1978‚ and focused on thirteen early languages: ALGOL‚ APL‚ APT‚ BASIC‚ COBOL‚ FORTRAN‚ GPSS‚ JOSS‚ JOVIAL‚ LISP‚ PL/I‚ SIMULA‚ and SNOBOL. The prospectus for the first
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HOW LANGUAGE CALLS TO THE CHILD Nerve cells (centers) in the brain enable us to speak. One cell is concerned with the hearing of the speech (sensorial center) and the other with the production of the speech (motor center). The last mentioned center develops more slowly than the sensorial center. Possibly because the sounds heard by the child provoke the movements to re-produce them. Children must hear the sounds of speech before they can repeat them. NB: Speech is produced by a natural mechanism
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Randi Reynolds Chapter 10 PT1420 True or False 1) When working with a sequential access file‚ you can jump directly to any piece of data in the file without reading the data that comes before it. False 2) In most languages‚ when you open an output file and that file already exists on the disk‚ the contents of the existing file will be erased. True 4) The purpose of an EOF marker is to indicate where a field ends. Files typically contain several EOF markers. False 5) When an input file is opened
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and feelings. The language is a tool for communication‚ which is specifical for the human beings‚ which appears in the far pre-historical ages. Even though some animals use complex systems for communicating‚ they don’t have all of the properties‚ which is defined for the language. Language is the way of communication‚ while the human languages are a way of presenting the thought. It is controversial how the humans think – by figures (images) or by concepts (words). In general‚ it is clear that
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