Posted by Toby Inkster on 07/16/06 19:00

cwdjrxyz wrote:

> Yes, [C++ is] higher level than, for example, Javascript, in that it is
> a much more complete and extensive language.

Your usage of the term "higher level" is seriously at odds with the way
most programmers would use it. High level languages are the most abstract
ones -- the ones that hide away the internal workings of the computer.

C++ allows, and in some cases requires you to specify memory addresses,
data type sizes and so forth, so is generally considered a fairly low
level programming language. C is even lower level as it doesn't include
object-orientation; Assembly language is very low level; and machine code
is about as low level as you can get.

Javascript, being an interpreted programming language with no direct
access to memory addresses, built-in functions for common input/output,
and object orientation is generally considered fairly high-level.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_programming_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-level_programming_language

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