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	==External links==		==External links==

			* [https://www.levenez.com/lang/ Computer Languages History]
	* [https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-top-programming-languages-2019 The Top Programming Languages 2019] - interesting survey		* [https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-top-programming-languages-2019 The Top Programming Languages 2019] - interesting survey

	[[Category: Software Basics]]		[[Category: Software Basics]]

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	* [[FORTRAN]]		* [[FORTRAN]]
			* [[COBOL]]
	* [[ALGOL]]		* [[ALGOL]]
	* [[BCPL]]		* [[BCPL]]
	* [[C programming language\|C]]		* [[C programming language\|C]]
			* [[PL/I]]
	* [[LISP]]		* [[LISP]]
	* [[:Category: Languages]]		* [[:Category: Languages]]

			==External links==

			* [https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-top-programming-languages-2019 The Top Programming Languages 2019] - interesting survey

	[[Category: Software Basics]]		[[Category: Software Basics]]

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	* [[BCPL]]		* [[BCPL]]
	* [[C programming language\|C]]		* [[C programming language\|C]]

			[[Category: Software Basics]]
			[[Category: Languages]]

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	It is quite common for a language to have both an interpreter and a compiler, since each has advantages and disadvantages. A program which has been compiled generally runs faster, but interpreters usually provide superior debugging tools.		It is quite common for a language to have both an interpreter and a compiler, since each has advantages and disadvantages. A program which has been compiled generally runs faster, but interpreters usually provide superior debugging tools.

			==See also==

			* [[COBOL]]
			* [[FORTRAN]]
			* [[ALGOL]]
			* [[BCPL]]
			* [[C programming language\|C]]

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	Programming languages are supported in two general ways:		Programming languages are supported in two general ways:

	* [[compiler]]s translate the high-level language statements into a sequence of machine ~~instructions~~ which will perform the specified actions;		* [[compiler]]s translate the high-level language statements into a sequence of machine [[instruction]]s which will perform the specified actions;

	* [[interpreter]]s read the [[source code]] and perform the actions indicated therein directly.		* [[interpreter]]s read the [[source code]] and perform the actions indicated therein directly.

	It is quite common for a language to have both an interpreter and a compiler, since each has advantages and disadvantages. A program which has been compiled generally runs faster, but interpreters usually provide superior debugging tools.		It is quite common for a language to have both an interpreter and a compiler, since each has advantages and disadvantages. A program which has been compiled generally runs faster, but interpreters usually provide superior debugging tools.

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	The earliest programming languages were [[assembly language]]s, which were simply human-readble forms of the machine's basic [[object code]]. Rather than being in [[binary]] (expressed in whatever base), they instead uses mnemonics to indicate the instructions.		The earliest programming languages were [[assembly language]]s, which were simply human-readble forms of the machine's basic [[object code]]. Rather than being in [[binary]] (expressed in whatever base), they instead uses mnemonics to indicate the instructions.

	It soon became apparently that it was desirable to be able to allow people to give these directions in a form which was closer to the high-level tasks the humans were trying to accomplish. For example, since an important use for early computers was to perform mathematical computations, [[FORTRAN]] (one of the earliest computer ~~languagez]]~~ allowed directions to be given in equations of a form familiar to engineers, etc.		It soon became apparently that it was desirable to be able to allow people to give these directions in a form which was closer to the high-level tasks the humans were trying to accomplish.

			For example, since an important use for early computers was to perform mathematical computations, [[FORTRAN]] (one of the earliest computer languages) allowed directions to be given in equations of a form familiar to engineers, etc.

	The development of programming languages has been a never-ending process since then, as experience allows better languages, ones with capabilties more suited to the tasks to be accomplished, to be developed.		The development of programming languages has been a never-ending process since then, as experience allows better languages, ones with capabilties more suited to the tasks to be accomplished, to be developed.
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	* [[compiler]]s translate the high-level language statements into a sequence of machine instructions which will perform the specified actions;		* [[compiler]]s translate the high-level language statements into a sequence of machine instructions which will perform the specified actions;

	* [[interpreter]]s read the [[source]] and perform the actions indicated therein directly.		* [[interpreter]]s read the [[source code]] and perform the actions indicated therein directly.

	It is quite common for a language to have both an interpreter and a compiler, since each has advantages and disadvantages. A program which has been compiled generally runs faster, but interpreters usually provide superior debugging tools.		It is quite common for a language to have both an interpreter and a compiler, since each has advantages and disadvantages. A program which has been compiled generally runs faster, but interpreters usually provide superior debugging tools.

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A start...

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A '''programming language''' is a human-readable means of giving a computer directions on what computations to perform.

The earliest programming languages were [[assembly language]]s, which were simply human-readble forms of the machine's basic [[object code]]. Rather than being in [[binary]] (expressed in whatever base), they instead uses mnemonics to indicate the instructions.

It soon became apparently that it was desirable to be able to allow people to give these directions in a form which was closer to the high-level tasks the humans were trying to accomplish. For example, since an important use for early computers was to perform mathematical computations, [[FORTRAN]] (one of the earliest computer languagez]] allowed directions to be given in equations of a form familiar to engineers, etc.

The development of programming languages has been a never-ending process since then, as experience allows better languages, ones with capabilties more suited to the tasks to be accomplished, to be developed.

==Compilers and interpreters==

Programming languages are supported in two general ways:

* [[compiler]]s translate the high-level language statements into a sequence of machine instructions which will perform the specified actions;

* [[interpreter]]s read the [[source]] and perform the actions indicated therein directly.

It is quite common for a language to have both an interpreter and a compiler, since each has advantages and disadvantages. A program which has been compiled generally runs faster, but interpreters usually provide superior debugging tools.

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	==See also==		==See also==

	* [[COBOL]]
	* [[FORTRAN]]		* [[FORTRAN]]
	* [[ALGOL]]		* [[ALGOL]]
	* [[BCPL]]		* [[BCPL]]
	* [[C programming language\|C]]		* [[C programming language\|C]]
			* [[LISP]]
	* [[:Category: Languages]]		* [[:Category: Languages]]

	[[Category: Software Basics]]		[[Category: Software Basics]]

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	* [[BCPL]]		* [[BCPL]]
	* [[C programming language\|C]]		* [[C programming language\|C]]
			* [[:Category: Languages]]

	[[Category: Software Basics]]		[[Category: Software Basics]]
	~~[[Category: Languages]]~~