This [[Wikipedia:Category|category]] contains all [[general-purpose programming language]]s either directly or in sub-categories. Articles that do not focus on an individual programming language should instead be categorized under [[:Category:Programming language topics]].
The subcategories in this category are not mutually exclusive. The following are '''hierarchical''' subcategories:
*[[:Category: Programming language families]]—groups subcategories corresponding to fuzzy overlapping groupings such as [[:Category: Algol programming language family]] and [[:Category: C programming language family]]
*[[:Category: Domain-specific programming languages]]—groups subcategories corresponding to fuzzy overlapping groupings such as [[:Category: Audio programming languages]]
'''WARNING: many of the programming language articles are not yet exhaustively (or even correctly) categorized'''
