Programming Languages
              (TC-2006)
       General concepts of programming languages
            Jos´e Carlos Ortiz Bayliss
              jcobayliss@tec.mx
  Contents
   1  Introduction
   2  Classification
   3  The translation process
   4  Abstraction
   5  Parameter passing
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      For programmers, however, a language is more aptly defined as a means
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of expressing algorithms.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 A programming language is a formal computer language designed to com-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 municate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 languages can be used to create programs to control the behavior of a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 machine or to express algorithms.
  What is a programming language?
        Programming languages evolved as a means of telling a computer what
        to do.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 A programming language is a formal computer language designed to com-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 municate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 languages can be used to create programs to control the behavior of a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 machine or to express algorithms.
  What is a programming language?
        Programming languages evolved as a means of telling a computer what
        to do.
        For programmers, however, a language is more aptly defined as a means
        of expressing algorithms.
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