[prog] re the difference between various types of programming languauges, oo, logic etc

[Jenn Vesperman]

On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 20:16, Guru - wrote:
> I know this list is for programming discussion only, and this post may be a 
> little out of line.
> If it is in the wrong area of linuxchix please tell me where I would send 
> this post to.

Nope, this is about right.

> I am currently learning C. Which is a procedural language....
> I don't fully understand the difference between a procedural and functional 
> programming language.....
> Also what is a declarative or logic programming language (eg. prolog)..
> And lisp....that's a functional language isn't it?
> 
> I'm just wondering if someone could point me to a resource which explains 
> the differences....

A short explanation can be found here:

http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/04/17/1518211&mode=thread&tid=48


A URL to a longer explanation is given in the comments - along with that
person's claim that I 'obviously don't know what I'm talking about'.
Blah. He's pointing to a semester-long explanation of programming
languages, and he expects a single article to give the same
information?!



Jenn V.
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