Program Language PowerPoint Presentation

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1 CS101 Introduction to ComputingLecture 19Programming Languages

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2 During the last lecture … We continued our discussion on algorithms that we had started during the 16th lecture In particular, we looked at the building blocks that are used in all algorithms We also discussed the pseudo code and flowcharts for particular problems In addition, we outlined the pros and cons of those two techniques

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3 Last time we discussed what to implementToday we are going to discuss the tool that is used to implement SW

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4 Today’s Lecture To understand the role of programming languages in computing To understand the differences among low- & high-level, interpreted & compiled, and structured & object-oriented programming languages

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5 Programming?

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6 The process of telling the computer what to doAlso known as coding

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7 Types of Programs?

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8 Batch Programs These are typically started from a shell (or automatically via a scheduler) and tend to follow a pattern of: Initialize internal data Read input data Process that data Print or store results Key feature: No user interaction with the computer while the program is running Examples?

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9 Event-Driven Programs Examples? GUIs, microwave, camera The system sends events to the program and the program responds to these as they arrive. Events can include things a user does - like clicking the mouse - or things that the system itself does - like updating the clock. These programs generally work as follows: Initialize the internal data Wait for events to arrive Identify an incoming event and react accordingly

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10 ProgrammingLanguage?

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11 A vocabulary and set of grammatical rules for instructing a computer to perform specific tasks

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12 All programs consists of: Sequence of instructions Conditionals Loops These may contain: Data Input/output (print, etc) Operations (add, divide, etc)

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13 Examples of ProgrammingLanguage?

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14 Machine LanguageAssembly Language (1956-63)LISP (1956)Fortran (1957)COBOL (1959)PL/1(1964)BASIC (1964)Pascal (1970)Smalltalk (1972)C (1972) Ada(1983) C++ (1983-85) QBasic (1986)Perl (1987)VisualBasic (1991)PowerBuilderJava (1995)JavaScriptC# (2001)

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15 Is HTML a programming language?

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16 Types ofProgramming Languages?

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17 High level Programming LanguagesLow Level Programming Languages

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18 High-level programming languages, while simple compared to human languages, are more complex than the languages the uP actually understands, called machine languagesEach different type of uP has its own unique machine language

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19 Lying betweenmachine languages&high-level languagesare languages calledassembly languages

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20 Assembly languages are similar to machine languages, but are easier to program in as they allow a programmer to substitute names for numbersMachine languages consist of numbers only

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21 4th-generation languages High-level languages Assembly languages Machine languages

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22 walks!

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23 Regardless of what language you use, you eventually need to convert your program into a language that the computer can understandTwo ways for doing that: compile the program or interpret the program

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24 Interpreter is a program that executes instructions written in a high-level languageAn interpreter translates high-level instructions into an intermediate form, which it then executesIn contrast, a compiler translates high-level instructions directly into machine language

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25 Compiled programs generally run faster than interpreted programsThe advantage of an interpreter, however, is that it does not need to go through the compilation stage during which the whole of the high-level code is translated into machine instructions in one go. This process can be time-consuming if the program is long. The interpreter can immediately execute high-level programs, without waiting for the completion of the translation process

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26 Interpreters:Immediate response,butexecute code slowlyCompilers:Takes longer to compile,butsuper-fast execution

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27 Both interpreters and compilers are available for most high-level languages. However, BASIC and LISP were especially designed to be executed by an interpreter

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28 Why are there so many different programming languages?

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29 What is the difference between them?

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31 What are the advantages of particular languages?

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33 The question of which language is best is one that consumes a lot of time and energy among computer professionals Every language has its strengths and weaknesses

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34 FORTRAN is a particularly good language for processing numerical data, but it does not lend itself very well to large business programs Pascal is very good for writing well-structured and readable programs, but it is not as flexible as the C programming language C++ embodies powerful object-oriented features, but it is complex and difficult to learn

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35 The choice of which language to use can also depend on the:type of computer the program is to run on,and theexpertise of the programmer

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36 Can a single language have all the good bits of other languages?

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37 Do some good features force a language to also have bad features?

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38 What makes a feature good or bad?

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39 Is there a perfect language?

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40 Is there a perfect language for a particular task?

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41 What changes in the field of computer languages can we expect in the near future?

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42 Which programming language should you learn?Should you learn more than one?

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43 ? Programming SWDevelopment

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44 SWDesignMethodology?

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45 The set of (often flexible) rules and guidelines a team of developers follow to construct reasonably complex SW systems

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46 Object Oriented Design (1) OO SW is all about objects: a black box which receives messages & responds with those of its own An object has 2 aspects: State, also termed as properties, data Example: For the bicycle: color, speed, pressure Behaviors, also termed as methods, instructions Example: For the same object: accelerate(), inflate() In traditional design, these 2 aspects have been kept apart

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47 Object Oriented Design (2) The designer starts with any component (object) of the system; designs it as an independent, self-contained system, and then moves to the design of some other component The over-all system is put together by fitting together a collection of these components Key feature: Details of the design of the component are kept independent of the over-all system Benefit: It can be easily re-used in other systems: design once; use multiple times

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48 Structured Design (1) Also called top-down design The designer starts by first conceiving a skeleton high-level design of the system, and then starts defining features of that over-all design in an ever-increasing detail Making small changes in the functionality of the systems sometimes leads to major re-design exercise

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49 Structured Design (2) Structured design emphasizes separating a program's data from its functionality Separating data from functionality typically leads to SW that is difficult to maintain & understand - especially for large SW systems

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50 Object-Oriented Languages Programming languages specifically designed to make it easy to implement object-oriented designs Examples: Smalltalk, C++, Java

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51 Reading Material Programming Languages http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Programming_language What is Object-Oriented Software? http://catalog.com/softinfo/objects.html VisualBasic: Taming the Wooly Mammoth http://computer.org/software/so2000/pdf/s3016.pdf

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52 During Today’s Lecture, We … To understand the role of programming languages in computing To understand the differences among low- & high-level, interpreted & compiled, and structured & object-oriented programming languages

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53 Focus of the Next Lecture:The SW Development Process Development process of reasonably complex SW systems does not consist of “coding” only We will become familiar with the various phases of the process that developers follow to develop SW systems of reasonable complexity