3GLs don’t replace the assembly and machine languages that came before, but are built on top of them with additional layers of abstraction to reflect more natural language use.

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Fatal abstraction: A bottom-up view of high-level languages Can a low-level guy with a data center mindset find happiness with modern programming languages?

The emphasis here is on “high-level programming language,” as the researchers behind the language note that existing quantum languages for programmers still work at a very low abstraction ...

Over time, engineers developed ways to abstract away low-level programming operations with a more friendly interface. That's where programming languages come in. A brochure for the GE 210 computer ...