Question

Write two advantages and disadvantages of HLL.

Answer 1

Answer:

Advantages of HLL:-

1) Easy to Use and Understand : High level language uses English like words and they are closer to natural language which makes easy to learn and understand. Programmer need not to understand detailed computer architecture for writing programs using high level language.

2) Machine Independent : Programs written in high level language are portable and hence program written using high level language can be executed on any type of computer with little or no modification at all.

Disadvantages of HLL:-

1) Poor Control on Hardware: Since high level languages are away from hardware and programmer does not need to be aware of hardware, accessing and controlling hardware directly is difficult.

2) Slow Execution: Program written in high level language need to be translated to machine language. This translation process increases the execution time of program.