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Imperative programming

In computer science, imperative programming is a software programming paradigm that provides specific instructions for how computations should take place. This paradigm may use statements that may change a process’s state. In much the same way that the imperative mood in natural languages expresses commands, an imperative program consists of commands for…

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History of imperative and object-oriented languages

FortranJohn BackusInternational Business MachinesCompiled languageALGOL
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Rationale and foundations of imperative programming

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related to Rationale and foundations of imperative programming · 7
Imperative programming → Digital, From, Higher-level, Lisp, Recipes, Since, The
related to Procedural programming · 5
Imperative programming → At, Heavy, Procedural, Since, The
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Imperative programming → Functional

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Imperative programmingis asoftware programming paradigm that provides specific instructions for how computations should take place0.90text
Lisp machines.From this low-level perspectiveinstance ofalthough low-level compilers and interpreters using other paradigms exist for some architectures0.80text
the program state is defined by the contents of memoryinstance ofalthough low-level compilers and interpreters using other paradigms exist for some architectures0.80text
and the statements are instructions in the native machine language of the computerinstance ofalthough low-level compilers and interpreters using other paradigms exist for some architectures0.80text
Imperative programmingrelated to Procedural programmingProcedural0.60section
Imperative programmingrelated to Procedural programmingThe0.60section
Imperative programmingrelated to Procedural programmingHeavy0.60section
Imperative programmingrelated to Procedural programmingSince0.60section
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Imperative programmingrelated to Rationale and foundations of imperative programmingThe0.60section
Imperative programmingrelated to Rationale and foundations of imperative programmingDigital0.60section
Imperative programmingrelated to Rationale and foundations of imperative programmingLisp0.60section

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