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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Languages don't  matter.  A mathematical refutation
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:13:11 +0200
Date: 2015-04-03T16:13:11+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <w19y3129v8q1.jkn83uwyte4p$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 871tk1z62n.fsf@theworld.com

On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 09:37:04 -0400, Bob Duff wrote:

> Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
> 
>> On 04/02/2015 05:50 PM, robin.vowels@gmail.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> C has lower productivity than most other HLLs.
>>
>> 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.

I would say that is a domain-specific language. Remoteness from the machine
code does necessarily imply higher level. To me SQL or OpenGL are lower
level than C, though both are farther away from the machine and closer to
some domains. I think being higher level is related to the abstraction
capabilities.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

  reply	other threads:[~2015-04-03 14:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-25 11:46 Languages don't matter. A mathematical refutation Jean François Martinez
2015-03-25 15:19 ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-03  0:50   ` robin.vowels
2015-04-03  2:18     ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-04-03 13:37       ` Bob Duff
2015-04-03 14:13         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2015-04-03 17:34           ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-03 19:34             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-03 19:58               ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-04  6:59                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-06 21:12                   ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-07  5:57                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-08  4:12                       ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-08  6:45                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-04  0:41             ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-04-04  3:05               ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-04 14:46                 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-04-04 15:41                   ` brbarkstrom
2015-04-04 19:20                   ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-04 20:00                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-04 20:44                       ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-05  8:00                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-05  9:55                           ` Brian Drummond
2015-04-06 21:27                             ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-06 17:07                           ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-06 17:41                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-06 18:35                               ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-06 21:46                                 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-06 22:12                                   ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-06 23:40                                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-04-07 19:07                                     ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-08  3:53                                       ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-08 21:16                                         ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-09  1:36                                           ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-09 23:26                                             ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-09  2:36                                           ` David Botton
2015-04-09  8:55                                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-04-09  9:38                                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-09 13:14                                               ` G.B.
2015-04-09 14:35                                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-09 15:43                                                   ` G.B.
2015-04-09 17:26                                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-09 18:40                                                   ` Niklas Holsti
2015-04-09 19:02                                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-09 20:38                                                       ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-09 23:35                                             ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-10 14:16                                               ` G.B.
2015-04-10 20:58                                                 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-04-07  0:36                                 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-04-05 13:57                     ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-04-03 16:17         ` J-P. Rosen
2015-04-03 17:33           ` Bob Duff
2015-04-26 11:38             ` David Thompson
2015-04-03 19:00         ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-04-03 19:12         ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-04-03 22:37           ` Bob Duff
2015-04-03 23:38             ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-04-04  0:15               ` Bob Duff
2015-04-04  7:06                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-04  2:59               ` Paul Rubin
2015-04-04  0:56             ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2015-03-25 17:12 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-26 13:43 ` Maciej Sobczak
2015-03-26 15:01   ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-26 17:45     ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-03-26 15:21   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-03-27 11:25     ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-27 17:36       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-03-30 10:31         ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-30 11:52           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-03-30 12:32             ` G.B.
2015-03-30 13:48               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-03-30 15:47                 ` G.B.
2015-03-30 16:05                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 12:59                     ` brbarkstrom
2015-04-02 13:35                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 14:48                         ` jm.tarrasa
2015-04-02 15:55                           ` brbarkstrom
2015-04-02 16:21                             ` Jean François Martinez
2015-04-02 16:48                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 16:41                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-04 10:02                             ` jm.tarrasa
2015-04-04 11:16                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 15:58                         ` Jean François Martinez
2015-04-02 16:39                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-03  9:46                             ` Jean François Martinez
2015-04-03 14:00                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-03 17:12                                 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-04-02 17:17                         ` G.B.
2015-04-02 19:09                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-04-02 18:24                       ` Niklas Holsti
2015-04-02 18:43                       ` Jeffrey Carter
2015-03-30 11:36         ` Jean François Martinez
2015-03-30 10:48       ` jm.tarrasa
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