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Low-level languages can convert to machine code without a compiler or interpreter – [[second-generation programming language]]s use a simpler processor called an [[Assembly language#Assemble|assembler]] – and the resulting code runs directly on the processor. A program written in a low-level language can be made to run very quickly, with a small [[memory footprint]]. An equivalent program in a [[high-level language]] can be less efficient and use more memory. Low-level languages are simple, but considered difficult to use, due to numerous technical details that the programmer must remember. By comparison, a [[high-level programming language]] isolates execution semantics of a computer architecture from the specification of the program, which simplifies development.
Some examples of low-level programming languages are [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]] , [[Fortran]] , [[COBOL]] and [[assembly language]].
==Machine code==
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