Programming language

In computer science, the theory of programming languages deals with the specification, design, and implementation of formal languages for programming.

A programming paradigm is a way of thinking about and structuring computer programs. Oftentimes each paradigm has its own set of concepts and techniques for solving problems and organising code.

Common features

Foundational aspects

• Data type
• Data structure
• Functions and subroutines
  • Recursion
  • Function overloading
  • Operator overloading
  • Polymorphism
• Conditional statements
  • switch statement
  • Ternary
• Loops

Qualifiers and specifiers

• Type qualifier
• Storage-class specifier
• Access modifier

Paradigms and classifiers

• Imperative, where we instruct the computer on how to change its state.
  • Object-oriented programming
• Declarative, where we declare properties of the desired result.
  • Functional programming
• Compiled languages
• Interpreted languages

Languages

• C/C++
• Python
• MATLAB
• Java
• JavaScript

Resources

• Oregon Programming Languages Summer School, at the University of Oregon

See also

• Hardware description language
• HTML and CSS
• Software engineering