6. Machine Language
â Programmed
â Usually ROMs will store the program
â Somewhat generic
â Cost of change is high
â Difficult to read/ understand
12. Language Design Trend - Recall
Hardwired
circuits
Machine
Level
Assembly
Level
Compiler/
Interpreter
Intermediate
Language
13. Why high level languages
â Increased
⊠Readabillity => maintainability
⊠Developer productivity
â Reduced
â Cost of change
14. Moral of the story
â Code (HL) is written for human beings
(developers) not just for machines
â Any dumb can write the code that
machine can understand. Only a good
programmer can write a code that
fellow programmers can understand