Programming languages

There are:

• machine code
• low-level language: assembly language
• high-level language: C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP, …: compile and interpret

A compiler is faster than an interpreter although it’s less flexible. Illustration:

How does a compiler work?

How does an interpreter work?

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