Disadvantages of machine language

Answer 1

Machine language is the commands the processor directly knows how to carry out. They go straight to the processor without modification. This is faster than high level programming languages, like Java, Visual Basic, or Python, because the commands in those languages need to be interpreted for the processor.

Therefore, machine language has access to everything the processor has to offer, instead of some predefined commands the programming language gives you.

However, since machine language coding isn't changed a bit or even checked for errors before execution, it can cause the device to crash in the event of an error.

Answer 2

in machine language, the very basic and specific commands may be used, like to where the specific data will be stored, how operations and functions be carried out. and since it is in a code the machine can understand, it may not need a compiler.

Answer 3

Machine language is the only language understood by a machine. Machine's are not intelligent, they simply have "modes" that can be defined by configuring a bank of on/off switches. If there are, say, 8 switches, then the machine has 256 unique modes of operation because there are 2^8 different ways to configure 8 switches.

Each configuration can be written as a binary value, in this case an 8-bit value that determines which switches are on (1) and which are off (0). That binary value can be translated into a decimal value, thus each mode can be represented by a unique value in the range 0 to 255. We call these values opcodes because each code defines a mode of operation. We can instruct the computer to perform a sequence of operations by rapidly changing the value of the opcode. We do this by storing the sequence as a machine code program which must obviously be written in the machine's own language.

Although we typically use high-level languages to program machines, the computer does not understand these languages so they must be translated into machine code. This is typically done by a compiler, which is itself a machine code program. High-level languages can also be interpreted, which simply means each high-level statement is converted into machine code and immediately executed by the interpreter. Interpretation allows programs to be run immediately but result in much lower performance because the code cannot be optimised. Compilers translate the entire program at once and can optimise the code. Once compiled, the machine code program can be executed as often as required without further translation. However, any changes to the source code means the whole program must be recompiled. In large programs this can easily take several hours. However, programs can be modularised so only the modules affected by a change need be recompiled. Nevertheless, compiled programs take longer to debug because of the need to recompile the program.

Answer 4

It is a most efficient in term of storage area use and execution speed and it also allows programmer to utilize the computer's potential for processing data.

Answer 5

it is fast processing. it is machine dependent

Answer 6

It can do the same things while being much, much smaller.

Answer 7

i also dont know

Answer 8

It is only depends on binary number.