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Computer hardware responds to a repertoire of elementary instructions, its machine code. We have seen the nature of low-level programming in chapter 6—it is cumbersome, highly prone to undetected errors and unfriendly in appearance. High-level programming, on the other hand, provides the user with a somewhat more friendly mode of communication.
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Mett, P. (1990). Systems Software. In: Introduction to Computing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08039-7_10
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