What is a programming paradigm?
A fundamental style or philosophy for structuring computer code.
What distinguishes a programming language from a programming paradigm?
A language is a tool, while a paradigm is the organizing philosophy.
How are programming paradigms primarily divided?
Into imperative and declarative branches based on state and control flow.
What does the imperative programming paradigm emphasize?
Step-by-step computation by explicitly manipulating program state.
Programming paradigm
A style or approach for organizing code.
Imperative paradigm
Focuses on step-by-step instructions and state changes.
Declarative paradigm
Focuses on what to achieve, not how.
State in programming
Memory data during program execution.
State mutation
Changing data in memory during execution.
Imperative vs declarative
Imperative uses explicit steps; declarative describes desired results.
Mutable state
State that can be changed after creation.
Answer 11 questions on Programming Language Paradigms.
1. Which option best describes what a programming paradigm is?
2. Why is a statement like “Python is a functional programming language” potentially misleading?
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