![]() Unlike machine or symbolic languages, they vary little between computers. These algorithmic, or procedural, languages are designed for solving a particular type of problem. Hence, in the mid-1950s a third generation of languages came into use. Further, it was recognized that the closer the syntax, rules, and mnemonics of the programming language could be to natural language the less likely it became that the programmer would inadvertently introduce errors (called bugs) into the program. ![]() The lack of portability between different computers led to the development of high-level languages-so called because they permitted a programmer to ignore many low-level details of the computer's hardware.
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