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High-level versus low-level is a relative property; a Java programmer might consider C to be a low-level language, while an Assembly Language programmer would consider C to be a High-level Programming Language . Low-level programming languages are sometimes divided into two categories: ''first generation'', and ''second generation''. FIRST GENERATION The first-generation programming language, or ''1GL'', is Machine Code . It is the only language a microprocessor can understand natively. Machine code cannot be written or read using a text editor, and therefore it is rarely used by a person directly. SECOND GENERATION The second-generation programming language, or ''2GL'', is Assembly Language . It is considered a second-generation language because while it is not a microprocessor's native language, an assembly language programmer must still understand the microprocessor's unique architecture (such as its ''registers'' and ''instructions''). QUOTES A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. ::— Humorous Epigram from '' Epigrams On Programming '' by Alan Perlis . SEE ALSO
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