An aerospace systems engineer is programming the flight controller firmware for an autonomous micro-drone that performs real-time wind-shear compensation. The engineer chooses to write the critical control loop in a low-level language (such as assembly language) rather than a high-level language like Python or Java.
Explain two reasons why a low-level language is more appropriate than a high-level language for this specific application.
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.