AQA 7517 4.6.2.1: Classification of programming languages
The free BugBot lesson that teach this point, a robot to try it on, and the past-paper questions that test it.
What it covers
At GCSE (F6.5) you compared high-level and low-level languages, and compilers with interpreters, and wrote an interpreter for a made-up robot assembly language. At A level you need the precise classification of languages, real assembly languages (OCR's Little Man Computer and AQA's instruction set), how an assembler works inside, and where bytecode fits among the translators.
- Classifying languages
- Assembly language in the exam
- Translators
Or do it in the simulator, with tasks that mark themselves
Lessons that teach it
- A10.7 Programming languages and translators Operating systems, software and translators
Machine code, assembly and imperative high-level languages, the Little Man Computer, and choosing an assembler, compiler, interpreter or…
Try it on a robot
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