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minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoI think C was 2nd, 3. is Java and Python, 4 SQL and 5th would be some hypothetical AI instruction language?
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 days ago1st level is direct binary code as was done with punch cards. Assembly language is a 2nd level language. C is a level above, thus it’s level 3.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoAh, thanks! Right, binary was one too.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoWhen the gp’s book says that C is a third generation language: I would guess the first generation is Fortran and the second generation contains ALGOL and BCPL. C was heavily influenced by BCPL. (get it? C comes after B)
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoI think we mean different kinds of “generations”.
minus-squarethefool@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·12 days agoSQL has been around since the 1970s
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoThat doesn’t mean it’s not higher level than other languages from more recent times.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoLevel means level of abstraction. Right?
I think C was 2nd, 3. is Java and Python, 4 SQL and 5th would be some hypothetical AI instruction language?
1st level is direct binary code as was done with punch cards. Assembly language is a 2nd level language. C is a level above, thus it’s level 3.
Ah, thanks! Right, binary was one too.
When the gp’s book says that C is a third generation language: I would guess the first generation is Fortran and the second generation contains ALGOL and BCPL. C was heavily influenced by BCPL. (get it? C comes after B)
I think we mean different kinds of “generations”.
SQL has been around since the 1970s
That doesn’t mean it’s not higher level than other languages from more recent times.
Level means level of abstraction. Right?