An aerospace software engineer is writing the micro-propulsion control firmware for a CubeSat nanosatellite. The onboard computer has extremely limited memory (64 KB of RAM) and must process gyroscopic sensor readings and trigger micro-thrusters within microseconds to prevent orbital decay. The engineer decides to write this critical firmware in a low-level assembly language rather than a high-level programming language.
Explain two reasons why a low-level language is more suitable than a high-level language for this spacecraft control system.
18 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Computer Science Languages. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.