Comparison of multi-paradigm programming languages: Difference between revisions

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A '''multi-paradigm programming language''' allows, as described by [[Bjarne Stroustrup|Stroustrup]], "[a [[computer program|program]]] using more than one [[computer programming|programming]] stylestyles". The goal of a multi-paradigm programming language is to allow the programmer to use the best tool for the job, admitting that no single paradigm solves all problems in the easiest way.

An example is [[C Plus Plus|C++]] which handles both [[object-oriented programming|object-oriented]] and [[generic programming]]. Another example is [[Oz programming language|Oz]], which has subsets that are a logic language (Oz descends from logic programming), a functional language, an object-oriented language, a dataflow concurrent language, and so forth. Oz was designed over a ten-year period to combine in a harmonious way concepts that are traditionally associated with different programming [[programming paradigm|paradigms]].