This document is a homework assignment for a Principles of Programming Languages course. It contains 7 questions asking students to define high and low level programming languages with examples, describe 3 characteristics of a good programming language, explain different programming paradigms and provide example languages for each, and compare procedural, object-oriented, functional, and imperative programming paradigms.

1. Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune. 37
Principles of Programming Languages
CS 20105 – SE – E
Home Assignment 1
Assignment Date: 9th March 2012 Submission Date: 15th March 2012
Answer all 7 questions:
1. Why some languages are called High Level and some are called Low Level?
Give examples.
2. Write any three characteristics of a good programming language, along with
a brief description for each.
3. What are the various programming paradigms? Explain them briefly.
4. Give an example of a famous programming language for each paradigm.
5. Compare Procedural paradigm with Object-Oriented paradigm.
6. Compare Functional paradigm with Imperative paradigm.
7. Compare Procedural paradigm with Functional paradigm.
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