Monday, November 11, 2013

1.0.4 Coding the Program

As the programmer, the next step is to code the program. - that is, to express a solution in  a programming language.

The programmer will translate the logic from the flowcharts or pseudocode or some other tool to programming language. There are many programming languages. BASIC, COBOL, Pascal, FORTRAN and C are some examples.

Although programming languages operate grammatically, some what like the English language they are much more precise. To get the program to work, the programmer has to follow exactly the rules, the syntax - of the language used. Of course, using the language correctly is no guarantee that the  program will work. The point is that correct use of language is the first step. The programmer will key the program and compose it, using a terminal or a personal computer

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