ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

High-level assembler

Imagine you have a toy robot that can understand and follow instructions. You want to teach the robot how to perform different tasks, like moving forward or turning around. However, instead of giving the robot specific instructions like "move forward 10 steps," you want to use simpler and easier instructions.

That's where a high-level assembler comes in. It's like a special language that humans can use to write instructions for the robot, but it's easier than writing very specific and detailed instructions in the robot's "native" language.

In this special language, you can write things like "move forward" or "turn around" instead of having to specify the exact number of steps or degrees. The high-level assembler helps translate these simpler instructions into the robot's native language, which the robot can understand and follow.

So, when you write a program using a high-level assembler, you can focus on what you want the robot to do, rather than getting bogged down in all the tiny details of how it should do it. This makes it easier and more efficient to create instructions for the robot.