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Classification of programming languages and translators

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Question 9

An aerospace engineering company is designing the navigation and collision-avoidance system for a delivery drone. The development team is deciding whether to write the critical real-time sensor-polling module in Assembly language or in a high-level language like Python.

Explain why the team would choose to write this specific module in a low-level language rather than a high-level language.

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Classification of programming languages and translators Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Classification of programming languages and translators

48 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Computer Science Classification of programming languages and translators. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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