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Common declarative languages include those of [[Query languages|database query languages]] (e.g., [[SQL]], [[XQuery]]), [[regular expression]]s, [[logic programming]] (e.g. [[Prolog]], [[Datalog]], [[answer set programming]]), [[functional programming]], [[Configuration management database|configuration management]], and [[Algebraic modeling language|algebraic modeling]] systems.

== Definition ==

Declarative programming is often defined as any style of programming that is not imperative. A number of other common definitions attempt to define it by simply contrasting it with imperative programming. For example: