An engineering team is developing the control system for an autonomous drone. They are deciding whether to program the core flight-stabilisation and real-time navigation algorithms using a compiled language or an interpreted language.
Compare the use of a compiler with the use of an interpreter to translate and execute high-level code in this embedded context.
Practise Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Programming languages with exam-style questions for GCSE Computer Science. 41 questions covering Low-level and high-level languages and Interpreters versus compilers, matched to the Edexcel GCSE Computer Science (1CP2) specification and written in Paper 1 and Paper 2 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.