Chapter 9
Computer Languages
CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Introduction
- Evolution of Programming Languages
- Classification of Programming Languages
- Generations of Programming Languages
- Features of a Good Programming
- Selection of a Programming Language
9.1 INTRODUCTION
Human beings use natural languages such as English, Hindi, French or Spanish to communicate. Similarly, a user communicates with the computer in a language understood by it. It is also known that a computer cannot think. It needs to be instructed to perform all the tasks. The instructions are provided in the form of computer programs, which are developed by a programmer using a programming language. The language, which the user employs to interact with the computer is known as computer or ...
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