What is a program?
Programming is the act of constructing a program—a set of precise instructions that tell a computer what to do.
What can you say about complexity in programming?
Without care, a program’s size and complexity will grow out of control, confusing even the person who created it. Keeping programs under control is the main problem of programming. When a program works, it is beautiful. The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.
What function do programming languages have?
Part of the power of programming languages is that they can take care of uninteresting details for us. A good programming language helps the programmer by allowing them to talk about the actions that the computer has to perform on a higher level.
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
It is important to note that JavaScript has almost nothing to do with the programming language named Java. The similar name was inspired by marketing considerations rather than good judgment
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
This is called the ECMAScript standard, after the Ecma International organization that did the standardization. In practice, the terms ECMAScript and JavaScript can be used interchangeably—they are two names for the same language.
