We have established foundational concepts for computer hardware; now we will talk about how to write programs. We can’t simply pass a directed graph to a computer – we must provide instructions that it understands.
Machine language is the language that a computer “understands”. We will look at examples of machine language programs, but we will not write any of our own. All programs are must be compiled into machine language before they can be executed.
Assembly language is slightly easier for humans to read, but it can still be confusing. It provides some very useful abstractions that a programmer can utilize.
We will use Commodore 64 to study assembly language.
how do we write and represent algorithms for an actual computer?