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  • Note that in a possibly imperfect way, declarative languages aim at reducing or eliminating the "how" step. Their goal is for you to simply say "this is what I want" (for example, by writing high level equations). Think of a typical SQL query: very little of it is "algorithmic"; you simply tell the database what you want, and it's up to it how it handles your request (within certain limitations, of course). Commented Feb 6, 2015 at 20:35