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3 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: HLL /H-L-L/ n. [High-Level Language (as opposed to assembler)] Found primarily in email and news rather than speech. Rarely, the variants `VHLL' and `MLL' are found VHLL stands for `Very-High-Level Language' and is used to describe a {bondage-and-discipline language} that the speaker happens to like Prolog and Backus's FP are often called VHLLs. `MLL' stands for `Medium-Level Language' and is sometimes used half-jokingly to describe {C}, alluding to its `structured-assembler' image. See also {languages of choice}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: HLL {high-level language} From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: HLL High Level Language
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