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==Overview==
As a simple example of a basic execution model, that of the [[C (programming language)|C language]] is described in the book by
<ref name="k&r1e">{{cite book | last = Kernighan | first = Brian W. | authorlink = Brian Kernighan |author2=Dennis M. Ritchie | title = The C Programming Language | edition = 1st | publisher = [[Prentice Hall]] | date = February 1978 | ___location = [[Englewood Cliffs, NJ]] | isbn = 0-13-110163-3 | authorlink2 = Dennis M. Ritchie }}</ref>
The book describes that work takes places in units called statements, which are syntactically indicated by a terminating ";". It specifies that statements are completed in order, one at a time, and a previous statement completes before the next statement begins. Details such as this are part of the execution model.
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