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Other than the speed, what are the advantages/differences to each? i.e. can assembly do more than c/c++, or what advantages does java offer that python does not (excluding the fact that java is platform independent)?
A higher level programming language usually means that the programmer can be more abstract, and generally do less work, at the cost of fine control.
For example, programming a GUI in assembly would suicidal. On the other hand, machine code is necessary when you want to take advantage of device-dependent optimizations and features. I guess you can define that low-level languages as those that are used for low-level tasks, e.g. drivers, operating systems, and parsers. Of course, the definitions are always rather fuzzy.