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From the moment you turn on your computer, it is running programs, carrying out instructions, testing your ram, resetting all attached devices and loading the operating system from hard disk or CD-Rom. Each and every operation that your computer performs has instructions that someone had to write in a programming language. These had to be created, compiled and tested- a long and complex task. An operating system like Microsoft's Windows Vista took millions of man hours to write and test the software.

Popular languages such as Java, C, C++, PHP, Visual Basic, AJAX, Perl, C# are all designed with a prominent purpose; to provide instructions to a computer. As such, programming languages differ from most other forms of human expression in that they require a greater degree of precision and completeness. When using a natural language to communicate with other people, human authors and speakers can be ambiguous and make small errors, and still expect their intent to be understood. However figuratively speaking, computers "do exactly what they are told to do", and cannot "understand" what code the programmer intended to write. The combination of the language definition, the program, and the program's inputs must fully specify the external behavior that occurs when the program is executed.

Whether you seek an open-source, interpretive, server-side, cross-platform, HTML scripting language or an object-oriented language implemented on Microsoft’s .NET framework, TechSherpas’ expert programmers deliver training and consulting solutions on the most popular languages.

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