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Is there a high-level language for the web?

Preamble To build dynamic web-sites, we have to master at least four languages: HTML for the structure of web pages CSS for layout and design JavaScript for interactivity A language for business rules or dynamic driven data In addition, there's…
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Which programming languages aren't considered high-level?

In informatics theory I hear and read about high-level and low-level languages all time. Yet I don't understand why this is still relevant as there aren't any (relevant) low-level languages except assembler in use today. So you…
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What specific examples are there of knowing C making you a better high level programmer?

I know about the existance of question such as this one and this one. Let me explain. Afet reading Joel's article Back to Basics and seeing many similar questions on SO, I've begun to wonder what are specific examples of situations where knowing…
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High-level system language that compiles to c?

I'm looking for a higher-level system language, if possible, suitable for formal verification, that compiles to standard C, so that it can be run cross-platform with (relatively) low overhead. The two most promising such languages I've stumbled…
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Is there a javascript library that contains a rich set of very high level commonly used functions?

I find that many high level functions are missing in most well-known javascript libraries such as jquery, YUI...etc. Taking string manipulation as an example, startsWith, endsWith, contains, lTrim, rTrim, trim, isNullOrEmpty...etc. These function…
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Is it possible to make a high level compiled language?

I'm a relatively beginner programmer, who has done some Visual Basic, Python, and recently started looking into Java or C++ for a faster language. The main reason for these languages being faster seemed to be that they were compiled (or for Java,…
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Is there an argument that can be made the BASIC is a higher level language than Javascript?

I'm taking an introduction to IT course at WGU. According to the quiz results I got, Javascript is not a high level language while BASIC is a high level language. Not Visual Basic, not Quick Basic, classic BASIC is a higher level language than…
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How high should/will high-level languages go?

I know this is very abstract, however I believe it is very focused. There are plenty of high-level languages today: C#, Java, VB, Python, etc., all created to abstract away low-level complexity and provide a more user-friendly programming…
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High level design for messenger like whats app?

I need to design the similar stuff like whats app or any messenger like module. High level flow Client > Load Balancer > Web servers(assume 10 clustered server for now) > Rest based controller > Service > DAO > DB Challenge :- say Friend 1 and…
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Is it possible to design a dynamic language without significant performance loss?

Is it possible to design something like Ruby or Clojure without the significant performance loss in many situations compared with C/Java? Does hardware design play a role? Edit: With significant I mean in an order of magnitudes, not just ten…
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Are Fortran, Cobol, Basic and Forth high level programming languages?

Are Fortran, Cobol, Basic and Forth high level programming languages? And if not, what where the first high level programming languages? Which were the first object-oriented languages?
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Difference between Machine code and Object Code

I'm in the middle of my a levels and im doing some revision for my Computing exam. I was wondering if someone could tell me what the difference is between machine code and object code. keep it it simple please.
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What are the advantages to using bitwise operations over boolean operations in Python?

I'm having trouble understanding just why I would want to use bitwise operators in a high-level language like Python. From what I have learned of high- vs low-level languages is that high-level ones are typically designed to that you don't have to…
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How to handle sequential and concurrency in Event ticketing System Design

Assume an event ticket website where to handle volume and concurrency, tickets are distributed on different servers and database. For example, on "server1" 10 tickets are left and on "server2" 5 tickets are left. If at the same time "User1" (whose…
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Best high-level language to call Fortran subroutines from?

I was wondering which high-level langunage allows the easiest manner in which to call Fortran subroutines? I currently use MATLAB and calling MEX files seems to be relatively complicated compared to other languages. I'm particularly interested in…
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