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5 unusual facts about Language primitive


Language primitive

Some HLL statements, particularly those involving loops, can generate thousands or even millions of primitives in a low level language - which comprise the genuine instruction path length the processor has to execute at the lowest level.

An interpreted language statement has similarities to the HLL primitives but with a further added 'layer'.

There are some elements of interpreted language primitives embodied in 4gl and 5gl specifications but the approach to the original problem is less a procedural language construct and are more oriented toward problem solving and systems engineering.

4gls and 5gls do not have a simple one-to-many correspondence from high-to-low level primitives.

Before the statement can be executed in a manner very similar to a HLL statement, first, it has to be processed by an interpreter, a process that may involve many primitives in the target machine language.



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