[Deque]

@Deque Found bad links, the first, fifth, seventh and eighth link under GDI & GDI+

Ah, thank you. The links have been shortened with dots which renders them unusable. I will ask @Psycho_Coder to provide the complete links.

[Psycho_Coder]

@Deque Found bad links, the first, fifth, seventh and eighth link under GDI & GDI+

Thank you for pointing them out. Some links had changed (These were saved in a text file. But I have checked and fixed those.

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@Deque Found bad links, the first, fifth, seventh and eighth link under GDI & GDI+

Ah, thank you. The links have been shortened with dots which renders them unusable. I will ask @Psycho_Coder to provide the complete links.

I am sorry for the inefficiency. I have PM you the complete links again and fixed all.

[Deque]

I am sorry or the inefficiency. I have PM you the complete links again and fixed all.

No problem. Thread is updated.

[noize]

Well, you're talking about C, C++ as low-level languages, I see.

A low-level language deals more with direct hardware interaction, and thus is more suitable for programs like device drivers code that really needs access to the hardware. Since a low-level language is subject to all the nuances of the hardware it's accessing, however, a program written in a low-level language is generally difficult to port to other platforms. These languages are almost always compiled.
A high-level language focuses more on concepts that are easy to understand by the human mind, such as objects or mathematical functions. A high-level language usually is easier to understand than a low-level language, and it usually takes less time to develop a program in a high-level language than it does in a low-level language. As a trade-off one generally needs to sacrifice some degree of control over what the resulting program actually does. It is not, however, impossible to mix high- and low-level functionality in a language.

From: http://www.cplusplus.com/info/description/

C++ is powerful and provides access to low-level functions as well as to high-level ones (Wikipedia defines it an intermediate-level language for this reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B ), but many consider it a high-level programming language. It is infact not restricted by the machine components, it is portable and object-oriented. I would define it a high-level language.

So for C, but I may be wrong. If someone has valid arguments against mine, I'd like to hear them.
This is what I think.

[noize]

Well, you're talking about C, C++ as low-level languages, I see.

A low-level language deals more with direct hardware interaction, and thus is more suitable for programs like device drivers code that really needs access to the hardware. Since a low-level language is subject to all the nuances of the hardware it's accessing, however, a program written in a low-level language is generally difficult to port to other platforms. These languages are almost always compiled.
A high-level language focuses more on concepts that are easy to understand by the human mind, such as objects or mathematical functions. A high-level language usually is easier to understand than a low-level language, and it usually takes less time to develop a program in a high-level language than it does in a low-level language. As a trade-off one generally needs to sacrifice some degree of control over what the resulting program actually does. It is not, however, impossible to mix high- and low-level functionality in a language.

From: http://www.cplusplus.com/info/description/

C++ is powerful and provides access to low-level functions as well as to high-level ones (Wikipedia defines it an intermediate-level language for this reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B ), but many consider it a high-level programming language. It is infact not restricted by the machine components, it is portable and object-oriented. I would define it a high-level language.

So for C, but I may be wrong. If someone has valid arguments against mine, I'd like to hear them.
This is what I think.

[Psycho_Coder]

Well, you're talking about C, C++ as low-level languages, I see.

A low-level language deals more with direct hardware interaction, and thus is more suitable for programs like device drivers code that really needs access to the hardware. Since a low-level language is subject to all the nuances of the hardware it's accessing, however, a program written in a low-level language is generally difficult to port to other platforms. These languages are almost always compiled.
A high-level language focuses more on concepts that are easy to understand by the human mind, such as objects or mathematical functions. A high-level language usually is easier to understand than a low-level language, and it usually takes less time to develop a program in a high-level language than it does in a low-level language. As a trade-off one generally needs to sacrifice some degree of control over what the resulting program actually does. It is not, however, impossible to mix high- and low-level functionality in a language.

From: http://www.cplusplus.com/info/description/

C++ is powerful and provides access to low-level functions as well as to high-level ones (Wikipedia defines it an intermediate-level language for this reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B ), but many consider it a high-level programming language. It is infact not restricted by the machine components, it is portable and object-oriented. I would define it a high-level language.

So for C, but I may be wrong. If someone has valid arguments against mine, I'd like to hear them.
This is what I think.

C++ is a high level Language. C is a middle level language , wanna know why ??
Visit this link :- http://www.hackcommunity.com/Thread-Tuto...der-Part-1

I have explained there why C must be called a middle-level Langauge

[Psycho_Coder]

Well, you're talking about C, C++ as low-level languages, I see.

A low-level language deals more with direct hardware interaction, and thus is more suitable for programs like device drivers code that really needs access to the hardware. Since a low-level language is subject to all the nuances of the hardware it's accessing, however, a program written in a low-level language is generally difficult to port to other platforms. These languages are almost always compiled.
A high-level language focuses more on concepts that are easy to understand by the human mind, such as objects or mathematical functions. A high-level language usually is easier to understand than a low-level language, and it usually takes less time to develop a program in a high-level language than it does in a low-level language. As a trade-off one generally needs to sacrifice some degree of control over what the resulting program actually does. It is not, however, impossible to mix high- and low-level functionality in a language.

From: http://www.cplusplus.com/info/description/

C++ is powerful and provides access to low-level functions as well as to high-level ones (Wikipedia defines it an intermediate-level language for this reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B ), but many consider it a high-level programming language. It is infact not restricted by the machine components, it is portable and object-oriented. I would define it a high-level language.

So for C, but I may be wrong. If someone has valid arguments against mine, I'd like to hear them.
This is what I think.

C++ is a high level Language. C is a middle level language , wanna know why ??
Visit this link :- http://www.hackcommunity.com/Thread-Tuto...der-Part-1

I have explained there why C must be called a middle-level Langauge

[noize]

Well, you're talking about C, C++ as low-level languages, I see.

A low-level language deals more with direct hardware interaction, and thus is more suitable for programs like device drivers code that really needs access to the hardware. Since a low-level language is subject to all the nuances of the hardware it's accessing, however, a program written in a low-level language is generally difficult to port to other platforms. These languages are almost always compiled.
A high-level language focuses more on concepts that are easy to understand by the human mind, such as objects or mathematical functions. A high-level language usually is easier to understand than a low-level language, and it usually takes less time to develop a program in a high-level language than it does in a low-level language. As a trade-off one generally needs to sacrifice some degree of control over what the resulting program actually does. It is not, however, impossible to mix high- and low-level functionality in a language.

From: http://www.cplusplus.com/info/description/

C++ is powerful and provides access to low-level functions as well as to high-level ones (Wikipedia defines it an intermediate-level language for this reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B ), but many consider it a high-level programming language. It is infact not restricted by the machine components, it is portable and object-oriented. I would define it a high-level language.

So for C, but I may be wrong. If someone has valid arguments against mine, I'd like to hear them.
This is what I think.

C++ is a high level Language. C is a middle level language , wanna know why ??
Visit this link :- http://www.hackcommunity.com/Thread-Tuto...der-Part-1

I have explained there why C must be called a middle-level Langauge

That's exactly what I think.

The thing is, in the OP, @Deque spoke of C++ and C as both low-level languages.

[noize]

Well, you're talking about C, C++ as low-level languages, I see.

A low-level language deals more with direct hardware interaction, and thus is more suitable for programs like device drivers code that really needs access to the hardware. Since a low-level language is subject to all the nuances of the hardware it's accessing, however, a program written in a low-level language is generally difficult to port to other platforms. These languages are almost always compiled.
A high-level language focuses more on concepts that are easy to understand by the human mind, such as objects or mathematical functions. A high-level language usually is easier to understand than a low-level language, and it usually takes less time to develop a program in a high-level language than it does in a low-level language. As a trade-off one generally needs to sacrifice some degree of control over what the resulting program actually does. It is not, however, impossible to mix high- and low-level functionality in a language.

From: http://www.cplusplus.com/info/description/

C++ is powerful and provides access to low-level functions as well as to high-level ones (Wikipedia defines it an intermediate-level language for this reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B ), but many consider it a high-level programming language. It is infact not restricted by the machine components, it is portable and object-oriented. I would define it a high-level language.

So for C, but I may be wrong. If someone has valid arguments against mine, I'd like to hear them.
This is what I think.

C++ is a high level Language. C is a middle level language , wanna know why ??
Visit this link :- http://www.hackcommunity.com/Thread-Tuto...der-Part-1

I have explained there why C must be called a middle-level Langauge

That's exactly what I think.

The thing is, in the OP, @Deque spoke of C++ and C as both low-level languages.

[Deque]

Well, you're talking about C, C++ as low-level languages, I see.

As far as I can see I only stated that C was a low-level language. So I am not sure why the discussion arises.

Despite that low- and high-levelness is nothing that has a fixed or strict definition (you see the use of soft terms like "more suitable", "generally", "almost always", "focuses more"). What people see as low- or high-level changed over time when new languages occured that provided even a higher abstraction level than before.
When C came out first, no one would have called it low-level. Now most people do, because from their standpoint it has a lower abstraction than they see as normal. But for an assembly programmer or even someone who designs circuits, C is high-level up to now.

It is infact not restricted by the machine components, it is portable

I disagree with the portable part. It is a cross-platform language, but not a portable one. You have to compile the code for every platform separately.

For the FAQ I am only interested in the capabilities for hardware access and that's where C and C++ are equally good at. Once you write anything that needs that hardware access (drivers, or something GPU specific with CUDA) you are bound to the platform you wrote it for--no matter how widespread the compiler is.

To sum it up: The low- or high-levelness depends on your personal middle-level. That can be different for everyone.