Timeline for Alternatives to "High Level" and "Low Level" in computing
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| Jul 19, 2011 at 2:51 | vote | accept | jimjim | ||
| Jul 19, 2011 at 0:40 | comment | added | user10893 | @Arjang: I see what you mean. I'm sorry I misinterpreted you. I think @KeithS has good points/alternatives. | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 22:46 | answer | added | CesarGon | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 22:33 | comment | added | jimjim | @simchona : But you are aware of the context, and doing low level stuff doesn't sound bad in CS, just try to tell are not in CS todo something "low level", they think you are trying to insult them, KeithS has the point by mentioning the degrees of abstraction, I am just trying to find more neutral words thanh giving them the impression "high level" is harder/better than "low level" stuff, more detailed and less detailed came to mind but that too sounded like ommiting the importantce. Maybe I am overthinking this. | |
| S Jul 18, 2011 at 22:02 | history | suggested | user10893 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2011 at 22:01 | comment | added | user10893 | @Arjang: I'm a CIS major, and I've never associated "high" and "low" with a relative importance. | |
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| Jul 18, 2011 at 21:46 | comment | added | jimjim | @simchona : I will keep using them, but also need some alternatives that would help the students not to associate "low level" being something less important than "high level". | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 21:43 | comment | added | user10893 | But in context, wouldn't someone know if you were referring to the overall level of a language versus the level of the details within that language? | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 21:43 | answer | added | KeithS | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 21:41 | comment | added | KeithS | "High level" and "low level" are also commonly used in the context of how "close" you are to the actual hardware/software interface either in code or in abstraction layer; hexadecimal machine code, ASM and in many circles C are all considered "low-level", while on the other end managed 4th-gen languages/frameworks like Java, C#, SQL etc are "high-level". So, it's a valid question. | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 21:38 | comment | added | user10893 | So you don't want to use terminology that people already understand, and you want alternatives for the same context? | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 21:27 | history | asked | jimjim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |