Computer Programming: Fundamentals for Absolute Beginners by Alexander Bell

Author:Alexander Bell [Bell, Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-06-09T16:00:00+00:00

As a result, the role of a programmer using 5GL languages is to ensure the prerequisite conditions are met for problems to be solved, instead of thinking about how to implement algorithms or routines to solve the problems.

Characteristics of programming languages

When choosing the best programming language for you to build applications and solutions, you need to make sure the program is consistent in terms of semantics and syntax. The program must also have the right tools necessary for testing, development, debugging, and maintenance. The following are some of the important things you should consider when choosing a reliable programming language:

● Simplicity

Each programming language is unique. Some of them share a few features. You need a language that is easy to understand and work with. Simplicity is one of the most important things in programming. If the program is easy to understand, it will be easier for you to use.

The language should also have simple, clear and unified concepts that are easy to understand. The simpler the language, the easier it is to read programs written in it. This also means they are easier to maintain.

● Compact

Programmers need languages that allow them to express their intended operations efficiently. A compact program allows you to do this without writing too much code. Any language that is too verbose is often frowned upon by programmers.

● Efficiency

A good language should allow easy translation into machine language, and execute smoothly. Apart from that, they should not be resource intensive on the memory. To enable this, the language must have a comprehensive language translator that balances time and space allocation needs accordingly.

● Abstraction

Abstraction refers to the process of using complex operations and structures in such a manner that you can ignore most of the details. The level of abstraction affects the writability of a programming language. Object-oriented programming, for example, has a very high level of abstraction. As a result, it is easier to write programs in.

● Natural

The best program is always one that is naturally suited for the area in which it is applied. This means it should have the data structures, operators, syntax and control structures to enable programmers write programs efficiently.

● Structured

A structured language is one whose features enable programmers to write programs according to structured programming concepts. With this in mind, programmers can address problems from a logical perspective and, in the process, having to deal with fewer errors when writing programs to solve problems.

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