Py4Inf 01 Intro
Py4Inf 01 Intro
Chapter 1
• a step-by-step problem-solving
procedure.
• Too much to compute in one step, so
break down into smaller steps.
• A programmer is a person who creates
programs that solve a problem using the
computer.
•Python’s
implementiom was
started in December
1989 by Guido van
Rossum
Machine Language
•The actual hardware inside the Central
Processing Unit (CPU) does not
understand any of the high level
languages.
•The CPU understands a language we
call machine language
Machine Language
Central
Processing
Unit
Machine
Language
High-Level Language