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16Pure functional programming language are by their very nature declarative. So is Linq, Python’s list comprehension, XAML, XSLT, SQL and Prolog. All of which are bona fide programming languages and/or concepts. While most programming languages are imperative, this is not the defining feature. At all.Konrad Rudolph– Konrad Rudolph2010-12-20 11:13:30 +00:00Commented Dec 20, 2010 at 11:13
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@KonradRudolph - If you think purely functional programming languages are in any sense declarative, you must not understand them very well.Jonathan Cast– Jonathan Cast2016-04-21 15:19:35 +00:00Commented Apr 21, 2016 at 15:19
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@jcast It’s entirely possible that I misunderstand something. But then so do the experts in the field, apparently; For a general reference, Wikipedia classifies (purely) functional programming languages as declarative. As a specific example, a Paul Bone, who has a PhD for work on pure declarative languages, also follows this definition. I’d be curious to know for what reason you take offence at the definition.Konrad Rudolph– Konrad Rudolph2016-05-04 13:11:56 +00:00Commented May 4, 2016 at 13:11
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