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How is a programming language created?
I mean, say for example php. How did the guy who created that actually do it so when someone types this code in, it will do that. Where does he add this info i'm confused? Is a programming language created using another programming language. Well how was the first programming language created?
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- Programming languages are made by using other languages. The original language is machine code, and that was one of the first things ever put into a processing chip(that'd be the 0's and 1's). Every computer still uses machine code. It breaks the code of the program down into assembly code, and then into machine code from there.
- Well first, a computer works with 1's and 0's. These 1's and 0's (usually in groups of 32's in todays processors) are converted to assembly language for very simple commands such as ADD, DIVIDE, and moving values around the computer. Your Computer's Operating system typically will be written in C or a similar lower level langauge, with parts that are written in Assembly language to create a platform for other languages. In php however was written taking parts from different programming languages such as C and Perl.
