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Still highly relevant today. Bravo! Well said.

Mike S.
– Mike S.

2020-07-04 16:47:49 +00:00
Commented Jul 4, 2020 at 16:47
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This is a great answer, I finally have some idea about what declarative programming is! @Tobia

Akhila
– Akhila

2020-10-20 20:00:31 +00:00
Commented Oct 20, 2020 at 20:00
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so , in C++, std::sort(a.begin(),a.end()); can be said to be a declarative program?

Inquisitive
– Inquisitive

2021-08-04 12:21:09 +00:00
Commented Aug 4, 2021 at 12:21
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This answers make it sound like declarative programming is either a property of a language or simply a style for writing computer programs. Some languages like SQL are designed to be declarative. But nothing should stop you from writing declarative code in so-called imperative languages like Java, etc.

bettersayhello
– bettersayhello

2023-04-29 13:12:00 +00:00
Commented Apr 29, 2023 at 13:12
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If I use an imperative language, and I make sure all my functions depend only on the parameters I explictly pass them, and that they don't alter the value of any other variable outside of them... that's not considered functional programming?

Juan Perez
– Juan Perez

2024-02-22 20:38:08 +00:00
Commented Feb 22, 2024 at 20:38

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