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High-level languages |
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| A high-level language program produces machine code from a program written in a form that is close to ordinary English. The many small steps of machine code and assembler are replaced by keywords that call up ready-made routines. Some languages use an interpreter, and others use a compiler. Two widely used high-level languages suitable for programming microelectronic devices are BASIC and C. Ladder logic is often used with PLCs. |
Just as assembler is one stage removed from machine code, so the high-level languages are one stage removed from assembler. There are many high-level languages, a few of them very widely used, and several that have more specialist applications. CPUs can not understand high level ...
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