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Symbolic language (programming)

In computer science, a symbolic language, or assembly language, is a language that uses characters or symbols to represent concepts, such as mathematical operations and the entities on which these operations are performed.

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In computer science, a symbolic language, or assembly language, is a language that uses characters or symbols to represent concepts, such as mathematical operations and the entities (or operands) on which these operations are performed.1

Modern programming languages use symbols to represent concepts and/or data and are, therefore, examples of symbolic languages.1

Some programming languages (such as Lisp and Mathematica) make it easy to represent higher-level abstractions as expressions in the language, enabling symbolic programming.23

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  1. "symbolic language Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia". www.pcmag.com. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  2. "Bret Victor, beast of burden". worrydream.com. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  3. "Symbolic Programming Visualized—Wolfram Blog". 13 May 2007. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
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