The trend to declarative languages
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Early programming languages were very procedural. You had to tell
the computer how to carry out your program, in minute detail. As
the examples show, the trend has been towards languages where you
specify what to do, but not how. Such languages are said to be
more declarative.
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Jocelyn Ireson-Paine
Wed Feb 14 23:46:11 GMT 1996