Programming languages
- is a computer language that programmers use to develop applications, scripts, or other set of instructions for a computer to execute. And this is one of the important elements of the computer in order to make the computer function. There are several purposes why we need to have this programming language.
First of those purpose is that you can instruct the computer what to do in a human-readable form.
Second allows the programmer to structure the instructions into functions, procedures, etc. This also allows the program to be broken into “chunks” which can be developed by a group of developers.
Third purpose is it provides portability – the low-level instructions of one computer will be different from that of another computer.
Those are just some of the many purposes that programming languages has. Since we have stated some of the purposes why we need to learn this programming language, let us know then some of the programming languages that are mostly applied in our computer.
C++
High-level programming language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs. C++ adds object-oriented features to its predecessor; C. C++ is one of the most popular programming languages for graphical applications, such as those that run in Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh environments. C++ is named after C’s increment operator. Below is an example of a C++ program that prints Hello World!
Perl
A type of programming language commonly used in the creation of CGI driven programs and applications. Perl has the capability of handling a variety of administrator tasks such as determining when a webpage should be updated and controlling how an application should process information. This is also the language used in interpreting the language of the World Wide Web. Perl’s power in processing of piles of text has made it very popular and widely used to write Web server programs for a range of tasks.
PHP
A scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. With syntax from C, Java and Perl, PHP code is embedded within HTML pages for server side execution. It is commonly used to extract data out of a database and present it on the Web page. It also enables experienced developers to get involve with the dynamic web content application without having to learn a whole new set of functions and practices. It also enables to experienced developers to get involved with dynamic web content application without having to learn to learn a whole new set of functions and practices.
Python
It is a dynamically object-oriented and open-source programming language that utilizes automatic memory management. Designed to be a highly readable, minimalist language, many say it has a sense of humor. Python is used extensively by Google as well as in academia because of its syntactic simplicity. Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. You can learn to use Python and see almost immediate gains in productivity and lower maintenance costs.
C#
It is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component programming disciplines. It is intended to be a simple, modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language. And it has no global variables or functions. All methods and members must be declared within classes. Static members of public classes can substitute for global variables and functions.
C
Most of the computer programmers use this language in creating most of the computer programs worldwide because it gives the maximum control and efficiency to the programmer. Using this language will give you some benefits like, you will be able to read and write code for a large number of platforms — everything from microcontrollers to the most advanced scientific systems can be written in C, and many modern operating are written in C.