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Overview of Programming Languages

The document discusses learning to code and programming languages, explaining that coding involves translating human instructions into binary code that computers can understand. It notes there are low-level and high-level coding languages, with lower-level languages resembling binary code more closely and higher-level languages being easier for coding. Popular modern languages include JavaScript, C, and Perl.

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Overview of Programming Languages

The document discusses learning to code and programming languages, explaining that coding involves translating human instructions into binary code that computers can understand. It notes there are low-level and high-level coding languages, with lower-level languages resembling binary code more closely and higher-level languages being easier for coding. Popular modern languages include JavaScript, C, and Perl.

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Learning to code is literally like learning a new language. Computers run on binary code
written in ones and zeros which is very difficult for humans to work with. Just as people
can understand different languages, computers can understand different languages too
like Python, C, C++ and more, which translate our instructions into binary.

There are low-level and high-level coding languages. Lower-level languages more
closely resemble binary code, while higher-level languages are easier to code in. Most of
the popular programming languages in use today are high level languages. C is a low-
level programming language that is good for graphics, and heavy applications like
games. JavaScript on the other hand is for the web. Perl is sometimes known as the
Swiss Army knife of programming because of its multi functionality. What makes things
easier for beginners is that many coding languages share similar basic features.

A text file written in a particular programming language is called a program.

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