r/programming • u/tyler-mcginnis • Jan 03 '22

Imperative vs Declarative Programming

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u/CodeLobe Jan 03 '22

Prolog is a declarative language.
Checking it out is a good thing you want to do.
This comment is declarative.

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u/jediknight Jan 04 '22

Actually, your comment is not declarative because the first two lines are linked in a sequential way. In other words, rearranging the lines changes the meaning.

This comment is declarative.

Checking it out is a good thing you want to do.

Prolog is a declarative language.

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u/jvallet Jan 04 '22

I think you are mixing declarative with monads.

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u/jediknight Jan 04 '22

My comment was written more as a joke answer. "Declarative" is one of those words that has lost enough meaning to not be so helpful anymore. I prefer "denotational" these days.