FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of language is a programming language?
A
Natural Language
B
Formal Language
C
Ewok Language
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A formal programming language is a programming language which is widely used and accepted by the person talking about it. Therefore, it is domain and conversation specific. Perhaps a better way of wording is ‘popular’, traditional’, ‘mainstream’ or ‘widely-accepted’ programming language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Languages with precise syntax and semantics are called formal languages. Programming languages are examples of formal languages.

Detailed explanation-3: -A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Most programming languages are text-based formal languages, but they may also be graphical. They are a kind of computer language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Formal language is less personal than informal language. It is used when writing for professional or academic purposes like graduate school assignments. Formal language does not use colloquialisms, contractions or first-person pronouns such as “I” or “We.” Informal language is more casual and spontaneous.

Detailed explanation-5: -All programming languages, like Java, C, and Python, are formal languages. The patterns of ones and zeros that make up the machine code of a processor also is a formal language. Compilers translate from one formal language (like C) into another (the machine language of the processor).

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