In the past, he’s lead the development of GIS (mapping) libraries for mobile and built video games like Age of Conan.Īrthur Damm spent 7 years working as a private tutor in math, science, and programming (and had a year-long technical intern gig developing Java Android).
He’s also the Chief Software Architect at FutureOn in the oil industry. Olivier is a mentor at Holberton School where he helps students when they have questions related to low level programming. On top of that, understanding what’s going on under the hood makes anyone a better developer. Why Low Level? Understanding low level programming is key if you want to work in Machine Learning or the Internet of Things. Is C a Low Level Language? Opinions are mixed! Low level refers to code written directly for the computer – ie. So why would you want to learn low level programming? In this guide, a mentor and student from Holberton School answer all of your questions about low level programming! On the other hand, low level programming has very little abstraction – you’re writing code much more closely to the computer. High-level languages like JavaScript and Python may be the most popular programming languages today, but there’s no argument that these languages are doing a lot of work for the developer, from memory management to runtime interpretation.
By Liz EgglestonLast Updated March 23, 2020