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What is in a Programming Language?
- A programming language consists of a small number of general
building blocks
- These building blocks can be composed in a particular program
in many different ways
- Knowing the building blocks is only one step to learning how
to program.
- What should the program do? (Ask, for example, "how
would I solve this problem?" or "how would I
tell a friend how to solve this problem?")
- How should the program do it?
- Which building blocks should be used?