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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Low-level''' programming languages, in comparison to [[High-level programming language|high-level programming languages]], interact with the underlying [[hardware]] more directly, but provide fewer [[Abstraction|abstractions]] than [[High-level programming language|high-level programming languages]].<br />
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== Features of low-level programming languages ==<br />
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* More control over [[hardware]]<br />
* Generally more '''difficult''' to use than [[High-level programming language|high-level programming languages]]<br />
* Generally [[Performance|more performant]]<br />
* Fewer [[Abstraction|abstractions]] than [[High-level programming language|high-level programming languages]]<br />
* Usually [[Compiled language|compiled languages]] - they are [[Compilation|compiled]] using a [[compiler]] into [[machine code]], so the [[executable file]] produced is often [[Portable executable|non-portable]] (can only be run on one [[Operating system|OS]] and [[CPU architecture|architecture]]).<br />
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== Examples of low-level programming languages ==<br />
The only ''true'' low-level languages would be:<br />
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* [[Machine code]]<br />
* [[Assembly]]<br />
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That said, some [[High-level programming language|high-level programming languages]] such as the ones below are sometimes ''considered'' low-level as they can directly [[Memory management|manage]] the system's [[memory]]:<br />
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* [[C]]<br />
* [[C++]]<br />
* [[Rust]]<br />
* [[Zig]]</div>Dylan