Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
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Author: Robert W. Sebesta
Publisher: PEARSON
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Von Neumann Architecture uses a single memory to store data as well as programs and a processor to perform computations. Data and instructions flow from the memory to processor for computation and later the result is transferred back to the memory. The languages are designed so as to take advantage of the working of the von-Neumann computers...
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