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The primary purpose of a programming language is to assist the programmer in the practice of her art. Each language is either designed for a class of problems or supports a different style of programming. In other words, a programming language turns the computer into a ‘virtual machine’ whose features and capabilities are unlimited. In this article, we illustrate these aspects through a language similar tologo. Programs are developed to draw geometric pictures using this language.
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Shyamasundar, R.K. Introduction to algorithms. Reson 1, 14–24 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837777
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837777