A programming paradigm in which a program expresses the logic of a computation, what result is wanted, without explicitly describing the control flow needed to produce it, leaving the how to the underlying system; SQL and regular expressions are common declarative languages.
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Core PrincipleA program describes what it must accomplish in terms of the problem domain, rather than fully describing how to accomplish it. 1 Connections
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1. Declarative programming - Wikipedia
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Languages that permit this style allow a developer to minimize or eliminate side effects by describing what the program must accomplish in terms of the problem domain, rather than fully describing how to accomplish it.
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In computer science, declarative programming is a programming paradigm that expresses the logic of a computation without fully describing its control flow.
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Associated With: Reactive Programming, Lead section, first sentenceQuote, Associated With: Reactive Programming, Lead section, first sentence
In computing, reactive programming is a declarative programming paradigm concerned with data streams and the propagation of change.
Imperative programming - Wikipedia
Associated With: Imperative Programming, Lead section, contrast with declarative programmingQuote, Associated With: Imperative Programming, Lead section, contrast with declarative programming
The term is often used in contrast to declarative programming
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