week 3

A3 Features and characteristics of programming languages

• The uses and applications of different types of high and low-level programming languages,developed to assist in the solution of particular problems, such as:

o procedural, e.g. C, Perl®, PythonTM

o object-orientated, e.g. C++, C#®, Java®

o event-driven, e.g. Visual Basic®

o machine, e.g. Assembler

o mark-up, e.g. HTML.

• Factors to compare and contrast in programming languages, including:

o hardware and software needed for running and developing a program

o special devices required

o performance

o preferred application areas

o development time

o ease of development

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