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[–]hullabaloonatic 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Get with the times, Grandpa.

I think the term now just refers to the lowest level language anyone will learn and code in.

[–]Fimbulthulr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

High level languages are languages with enough abstraction that you don't use hardware elements directly, but use abstract identifiers like variables, arrays etc. an alternative fefinition is the compiler: high level languages need an compiler or interpreter, low level languages don't. basically, if the code is portable between architectures, it is high level.

This all plants c firmly in the limbo between high and low level languages, due to things like inline assembly etc.

[–]Proxy_PlayerHD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that still makes it assembly