FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

In the 1970s and 1980s, what programming language design criterion was most emphasized?

A	Efficiency of execution
B	Writability
C	Simplicity and abstraction
D	Logical or mathematical precision

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -C, an early systems programming language, was developed by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson at Bell Labs between 1969 and 1973.

Detailed explanation-2: -1980s. C++ (1980): This programming language was designed mainly for system programming but has expanded to be used in desktop, servers and performance-critical applications. It inherited most of C’s syntax and has imperative, object-oriented and generic programming features.

Detailed explanation-3: -1959: COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) The development of the language was led by Dr. Grace Murray Hopper and was designed so that it could run on all brands and types of computers. COBOL is still used to this day primarily for banking and gamification systems.

Detailed explanation-4: -Modula-2, which was developed in the 1970s, became popular for systems programming applications. It is a high-level programming language that is known for its support for modular programming and strong type-checking.

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