What is a conventional programming language?

Answer 1

it can be written by words

Answer 2

Natural languages such as English are more flexible than programming languages. Programming languages have a very strict syntax with no room for any misunderstanding; everything must be written explicitly using expressions the machine has been specifically programmed to comprehend. In natural language we can make use of abstractions, metaphors, similes and other language tools to convey a concept with a rich vocabulary. But in programming we have a very limited vocabulary to work with. Our job as programmers is to use that vocabulary as the building block for a more complex vocabulary, one that specifically deals with the problem we are trying to solve.

Answer 3

They are actually similar in lots of ways but programming languages are built to communicate with computers while other languages are for humans. Programming languages also tend to focus on giving exact instructions as opposed to describing things.

Answer 4

Javascript is a very good scripting language because its object orientated. with other programing languages its much harder to assign attributes to an object, but with the great scripting language of Javascript its so much easier to give attributes to one object without it affecting another object.

Answer 5

Algol, Fortran, Cobol: they are really old programming languages, if that's what you mean.

Answer 6

Writing a program in a traditional procedural language, such as assembly language or a high-level compiler language