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Third-generation Programming Language
A third-generation programming language (3GL) is a high-level programming language, high-level computer programming language that tends to be more machine-independent and programmer-friendly than the machine code of the First-generation programming language, first-generation and assembly languages of the Second-generation programming language, second-generation, while having a less specific focus to the Fourth-generation programming language, fourth and Fifth-generation programming language, fifth generations. Examples of common and historical third-generation programming languages are ALGOL, BASIC, C (programming language), C, COBOL, Fortran, Java (programming language), Java, and Pascal (programming language), Pascal. Characteristics 3GLs are much more machine-independent and more programmer-friendly. This includes features like improved support for aggregate data types, and expressing concepts in a way that favors the programmer, not the computer. A third generation language imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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High-level Programming Language
A high-level programming language is a programming language with strong Abstraction (computer science), abstraction from the details of the computer. In contrast to low-level programming languages, it may use natural language ''elements'', be easier to use, or may automate (or even hide entirely) significant areas of computing systems (e.g. memory management), making the process of developing a program simpler and more understandable than when using a lower-level language. The amount of abstraction provided defines how "high-level" a programming language is. In the 1960s, a high-level programming language using a compiler was commonly called an ''autocode''. Examples of autocodes are COBOL and Fortran. The first high-level programming language designed for computers was Plankalkül, created by Konrad Zuse. However, it was not implemented in his time, and his original contributions were largely isolated from other developments due to World War II, aside from the language's influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |