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== Relative meaning ==
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The terms ''high-level'' and ''low-level'' are inherently relative. Some decades ago,{{clarify timeframe|date=July 2023}} the [[C (programming language)|C language]], and similar languages, were most often considered "high-level", as it supported concepts such as expression evaluation, [[parameter]]ised recursive functions, and data types and structures, while [[assembly language]] was considered "low-level". Today, many programmers might refer to C as low-level, as it lacks a large [[Runtime system|runtime-system]] (no garbage collection, etc.), basically supports only scalar operations, and provides direct memory addressing; it therefore, readily blends with assembly language and the machine level of [[CPU]]s and [[microcontroller]]s. Also, in the introduction chapter of [[The C Programming Language]] (second edition) by [[Brian Kernighan]] and [[Dennis Ritchie]], C is described as "not a very high level" language.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kernighan|first1=Brian W.|last2=Ritchie|first2=Dennis M.|date=1988|title=The C Programming Language: 2nd Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGkPBQAAQBAJ|url-status=bot: unknown|publisher=Prentice Hall|isbn=9780131103627|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025180501/https://books.google.com/books?id=FGkPBQAAQBAJ|archive-date=25 October 2022|access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref>
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