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Programming Languages. Dominic Heinrichs, Benedikt Beughold, Vitali Regehr, Tim Knieper. What is programming language?. Programming language is a bridge between the computer and the user Spoken language is too complex für a computer
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Programming Languages Dominic Heinrichs, Benedikt Beughold, Vitali Regehr, Tim Knieper
What is programming language? • Programming language is a bridge between the computer and the user • Spoken language is too complex für a computer • First programming language: binary code (Two states of a switch: 0 and 1, off and on)
History of programming language I • First form of programming language: binary code • Assembler Languages: short words (mnemonics) represent a set of binary instructions to made programming languages much more easier (e.g.: „add“ addition of two numbers) • High-level languages use words or abbreviations that a easy recognisable (FORTRAN, COBOL) • FORTRAN & COBOL are the first procedural programming languages (single-point of entry and exit to solve a problem) • APIs (Application Program Interface)
History of programming language II • Object-oriented programming
Characteristics of programming languages • vocabulary • punctation • identifiers • operators • syntax
Interpreted languages • JavaScript, VBScript & HTML