What is the level of abstraction in a programming language?

Abstraction: Specificity, what is going on behind the layers? How is EVERYTHING defined?

How do computers work tho?

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end

Research on Programming Languages:

Let's take a look at some different programming languages. Pick one and do a quick research on it:

• C

• C++

• HTML

• JavaScript

• Ruby

• Swift

• NetLogo

• Java

• Scratch

• Python3

• Fortran

• Logo

• Haskell

• Brainf—k

• R

• MatLab

• julia

• SQL

Think about the following questions:

1. When was it made? (Why?)
2. What is it primarily used for?
3. On a scale of 1 - 10, rank the “abstraction” of the programming language--how difficult or complex does it look? ie:
   1. NetLogo is a "8" in terms of abstraction.
   2. 100001010000100101010 is a "1" in terms of abstraction
   3. English is a "10" in terms of abstraction

High Level Languages

High level languages tend to be super abstract!

Low Level Languages

Less abstract, closer to 0101001010101. Harder to read.