What are the advantages of low level languages over high level languages?

List down the advantages of low level languages over high level languages.

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(i) The programmer has direct control over the hardware.

(ii) Programs written using low level does not crash easily.

(iii) Programs do not need translation( for machine language) or little effort to translate programs (for assembly language).

(iv) Program instructions written in low level languages are executed faster.

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maurice.mutuku answered the question on April 19, 2018 at 13:08

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