Programming languages are broadly classified into two types. i.e., low-level languages and high-level languages and there is a big difference between them.
Difference Between High-Level Language and Low-Level Language are:
| High-Level Languages | Low-Level Languages |
|---|---|
| High-Level Languages are easy to learn and understand. | Low-Level Languages are challenging to learn and understand. |
| They are executed slower than lower level languages because they require a translator program. | They execute with high speed. |
| They allow much more abstraction. | They allow little or no abstraction. |
| They do not provide many facilities at the hardware level. | They are very close to the hardware and help to write a program at the hardware level. |
| For writing programs, hardware knowledge is not required. | For writing programs, hardware knowledge is a must. |
| The programs are easy to modify. | Modifying programs is difficult. |
| A single statement may execute several instructions. | The statements can be directly mapped to processor instructions. |
| BASIC, Perl, Pascal, COBOL, Ruby etc are examples of High-Level Languages. | Machine language and Assembly language are Low-Level Languages. |