Computer Science · Oct / Nov 2016 · Paper 13 · Question 6
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High-level or low-level languages can be used when writing a computer program. State two advantages of using a high-level language and two advantages of using a low-level language. High-level language advantage 1 High-level language advantage 2 Low-level language advantage 1 Low-level language advantage 2 [4]
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Any two from:
High level language – easier/faster to write code as uses English-like statements – easier to modify as uses English-like statements – easier to debug as uses English-like statements – portable language code Any two from:
Low level language – can work directly on memory locations – can be executed faster – translated program requires less memory [4]
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