Unlike more popular languages like Java, Solidity has limitations imposed by the blockchain. Large amounts of data cannot be stored in variables. Calculations are also limited by gas usage. It is a language specifically designed to take advantage of the Ethereum Virtual Machine, whose function is to allow the execution of programs or smart contracts.
It was created by Ethereum programmers to implement smart contracts that allow any transaction to be developed on the blockchain and generate a chain of transaction records in the blockchain system. Like other programming languages, Solidity has variables, functions, classes, arithmetic operations, string manipulation, and many other concepts.
Thanks to this programming language, the most versatile and used by users, Ethereum remains the blockchain of choice for most developers, despite its still high transaction costs. Other programming languages such as Viper, LLL, Mutan Serpent and Simplicity are less common.
Besides being the most widely used language, it is also the only officially supported language. The motivation behind developing an ad hoc language is that it is specifically designed for use in smart contracts.
A Solidity language contract is like some union of code (function) and data (its state) located at a specific address on the Ethereum blockchain. Each contract contains declarations of state variables, functions, function modifiers, data structures, and events.
The advantages of the Sodility language
One of the recognized advantages of this computer language is that the source code of programs created with it is publicly available on the Ethereum blockchain itself. Even if it's bytecode, it's possible to decompile it and get a fairly clean example of the original source code.
The language also provides many very useful libraries that make smart contract programming easier, making code reusable and easier to maintain.
Additionally, Ethereum’s Solidity programming language and EVM are said to be Turing-complete, meaning that it can be used to simulate any Turing machine (invented by British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing). This means that the language is capable of recognizing or determining other sets of data manipulation rules.
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