16 Mar, 2010, Tonitrus wrote in the 121st comment:
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Blinx said:
I was mainly referring to ASM (a low-level language, obviously) and Qbasic (which I consider a low-level language as in "Man. It's so Basic, it only needs a low-level of education"). I'm probably (most definitely) splitting hairs, but "low-level languages" just sounds better than "basic languages", especially in contrast to "high-level languages".
That's not what "low-level" means. Low-level refers to how much direct control you have over the hardware (ASM is just about as low as you can go, the only thing lower is machine language). High-level languages deal with things in more abstract terms. BASIC is a high-level language.
That's not what "low-level" means. Low-level refers to how much direct control you have over the hardware (ASM is just about as low as you can go, the only thing lower is machine language). High-level languages deal with things in more abstract terms. BASIC is a high-level language.