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What, If Anything, Is a Declarative Language? (2013) (existentialtype.wordpress.com)
2 points by swatson741 7 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



From the comments: Is there any such thing as a tall person?

To use a natural language analogy, a declarative language to me is one in which one tends to write programs whose parts are articulated, subordinated to and coordinated with one another, rather than the stereotypical oral presentation in which "and then" is the sole conjunction.




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