Differences between Machine-Level language and Assembly language
Categories: C language
The following are the differences between machine-level language and assembly language:
Machine-level language- Assembly language
The machine-level language comes at the lowest level in the hierarchy, so it has zero abstraction level from the hardware. - The assembly language comes above the machine language means that it has less abstraction level from the hardware.
It cannot be easily understood by humans. - It is easy to read, write, and maintain.
The machine-level language is written in binary digits, i.e., 0 and 1. - The assembly language is written in simple English language, so it is easily understandable by the users.
It does not require any translator as the machine code is directly executed by the computer. - In assembly language, the assembler is used to convert the assembly code into machine code.
It is a first-generation programming language. - It is a second-generation programming language.
High-Level Language
The high-level language is a programming language that allows a programmer to write the programs which are independent of a particular type of computer. The high-level languages are considered as high-level because they are closer to human languages than machine-level languages.
When writing a program in a high-level language, then the whole attention needs to be paid to the logic of the problem.
A compiler is required to translate a high-level language into a low-level language.
Advantages of a high-level language
1. The high-level language is easy to read, write, and maintain as it is written in English like words.
2. The high-level languages are designed to overcome the limitation of low-level language, i.e., portability. The high-level language is portable; i.e., these languages are machine-independent.