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A look at three different programming languages for blockchain networks and how they compare.
The Ethereum network brought smart contracts into the blockchain space, making concepts like decentralized finance (DeFi) possible.
Smart contracts can automatically execute processes once certain conditions have been met. Along with this new technology, a new coding language was developed called Solidity.
As the blockchain industry continues to grow and new blockchain networks emerge, additional programming languages are being brought into the space, notably Vyper and Scrypto.
Programming languages are a set of rules that convert strings of text and numbers into machine-readable code. In simple terms, programming languages enable computers to understand instructions that are input by human beings. When it comes to the blockchain industry, Solidity, Python and Javascript are some of the most commonly used languages, yet they all work differently.
What is Solidity?
Solidity is an object-oriented and high-level programming language for building smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain and other blockchain networks like BNB Smart Chain and Avalanche. The language was developed in 2014 and shares similarities with programming languages like JavaScript, C++ and Python.
Since Solidity is a high-level language, computer code is typed in an easily understandable and human-readable manner instead of ones and zeros. For example, Solidity code will include words and phrases like “function” and “contract,” as well as curly brackets and numbers.
Being an object-oriented coding language means that Solidity revolves around using “objects,” which are pieces of code that can be reused to create similar pieces of code without re-writing the original code each time.
Solidity also uses a compiler to convert the human-readable, high-level code into machine-readable code that is executed on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
What is Vyper?
Vyper is a contract-orientated, pythonic programming language for smart contracts that is designed to be used with the EVM. The language was designed to improve on Solidity by improving the security and readability of the code. Vyper has a strong focus on the audibility of its code. Due to this, one of its principles is that humans should be able to read as much Vyper code as possible.
Vyper also aims to make it as difficult as possible for anyone to write misleading cod
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