What Is a Computer Programming Language?
A computer programming language is a set of commands, usually written with Latin characters (i.e., English letters), which instruct a computer how to perform a particular function, such as to display this text for you.IdentificationOften, the words of the computer programming language resemble English speech but in shortened form.FunctionComputer programming language serves as an intermediary between you and the machine, which understands just ones and zeros.SyntaxJust like English or any other language, programming languages have rules of syntax (similar to grammar).TypesThere are both high-level and low-level programming languages.
A computer programming language is a language that allows us to instruct a computer to perform a certain kind of task. It is a language that a specialized application (a Compiler or Interpreter) can understand that dictates given a set of standard inputs what we want done or what steps we want followed to achieve our goal. A language that allows us to dictate what goal we want accomplished without defining the steps is called a Declarative Language and a language that dictates the steps to take to achieve our goal is called a Procedural or Imperative Language. Nowadays the term declarative and procedural are a bit fuzzy because most languages have a bit of mix of both in them. A computer/application programmer is an instructor that takes our human spoken relatively ambiguous laundry list of wishes and translates it into instructions that are absolute enough that a given compiler/interpreter can execute what we want without ambiguity. When I say without ambiguity I mean, given a set of
