Introduction to Programming Languages - E-book - ePub

Computers form an inevitable part of modern human lives. Computers ranging from mainframes to smartphones are in usetoday. Ever since the advent of programmable computers, anumber of programming languages have come. In simple terms, a programming language gives instructions to the computer. Aprogramming language has a syntax and semantics. Unlikemachine codes or assembly language, a high-level language canbe easily understood just like a communication language.
Different languages have different purposes. While some areused to program huge mainframe computers, some areobject-oriented and yet some others are scripting languages, mostly used in connection with the web. From FORTRAN toSwift, computer programming has evolved a lot over the years. Open sourcing has led to the development of a number oflanguages after 1990. The newest ones lay great importance tomobility, distribution, reliability and security.