Generation of Programming Languages

Generation
of Programming Languages

There are five
generation of Programming languages. They are:

First Generation Languages :

These are low-level languages like machine language.

Second Generation Languages :

These are low-level assembly languages used in kernels and hardware drives.

Third Generation Languages :

These are high-level languages like C, C++, Java, Visual Basic and JavaScript.

Fourth Generation Languages :

These are languages that consist of statements that are similar to statements
in the human language. These are used mainly in database programming and
scripting. Example of these languages include Perl, Python, Ruby, SQL,
MatLab(MatrixLaboratory).

Fifth Generation Languages :

These are the programming languages that have visual tools to develop a
program. Examples of fifth generation language include Mercury, OPS5, and
Prolog.

The first two
generations are called low level languages. The next three generations are
called high level languages.