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Low level computer languages require the programmer to know the the assembler language for the computer CPU targeted. They are assembled directly into machine code for that CPU type and no other.

High level computer languages are closer to human language (or mathematical notation) and the code written in them is 'generic', it will work on any CPU type. This is possible because the high level language is first compiled before specific machine code is generated. All CPU types therefore need their own high level language compiler but once this is developed any code written in the high level language can be used on that CPU type.

Examples of high level languages are:

  • FORTRAN
  • COBOL
  • Algol
  • Pascal
  • Pearl
  • Python
  • C, C++
  • etc.
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