programming language

前個月，我在撰寫 寫程式的Free Talk 中，所使用的programming language解釋，來自wiki

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Computer programming (often simply programming or coding) is the craft of writing a set of commands or instructions that can later be compiled and/or interpreted and then inherently transformed to an executable that an electronic machine can execute or "run". Programming requires mainly logic, but has elements of science, mathematics, engineering, and — many would argue — art.

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而我昨天在The C++ Programming Language 3/e看到programming language 解釋為(這本書終於開始看了)

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A programming language serves two related purposes: it provides a vehicle for the programmer to specify actions to be executed, and it provides a set of concepts for the programmer to use when thinking about what can be done.

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而其後又提到兩句話

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The first purpose ideally requires a language that is "close to the machine"
The second puopose ideally requires a language that is "close to the problem to be solved"

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兩者解釋大異其趣，不過我較為喜歡後面的翻譯....而不是前者死板板的解釋，程式語言(編程語言)提供兩個相關性的目的，一個為提供很明確的目標，讓programmer可以使用一些特殊的行為讓目標達成(close to the machine)。一個提供明確的概念，讓programmer善加利用而去解決問題(close to the problem to be solved)

第一章就那麼有趣了，但是對而言也是最難，我想我會漸入佳境的


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還有Thinking in Java 4/e要看..Orz
或許等明年文章給學弟妹的時候，可以小幅改版一下