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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Languages don't  matter.  A mathematical refutation
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:12:14 -0700
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On 04/03/2015 06:37 AM, Bob Duff wrote:
> Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
>>
>> Not surprising, since C isn't a high-level language.
> 
> Assembly language: Semantics are defined in terms of the generated
> machine code.
> 
> High-level language: Semantics are defined in terms of what the program
> does.
> 
> Those are how I understand the terms, and I think how they are commonly
> understood.  I can't think of any other useful definitions.
> C is clearly a high-level language, by those definitions.

Jones' analysis of languages, based on avg # of statements per function point,
divided languages into 3 levels with a pretty clear division between the levels:

Low-Level: assembly and C

Mid-Level: languages such as Pascal and FORTRAN

High-Level: languages such as Ada

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"
Dr. Strangelove
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