1.2.4 Types of programming language

What are the differences between assembly language and high-level languages?

• Assembly language uses mnemonics

• HLL uses English-like words

• Assembly language uses an assembler to convert to machine code

• HLL uses a translator (compiler/interpreter) to convert to machine code

• Assembly language is a one-to-one conversion to machine code

• HLL may produce multiple lines of machine code per line of code

• Assembly language allows direct control of the processor

• HLL provides more abstraction / requires less knowledge of the processor

• Assembly language is likely to be specific to the processor type used / is machine dependent

• HLL is portable / can be used for multiple processor types / programmer can pick from a number of HLLs and paradigms / is machine independent

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