Declarative programming: Difference between revisions

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In other words, declarative programming provides the ''what'', but leaves the ''how'' up to interpretation. Advantages of this approach are that

#it isolates the complex problem solving for the computerinterpreter,

#it helps avoid the [[reinvention of the wheel]] problem (i.e. one solutioninterpreter written years ago can beapply appliedit's logic to manya wide variety of problemdeclarative definitionsspecifications),

#it allows for re-use/re-interpretation in different contexts (e.g. different language bindings for [[Interface description language|IDL]]), and

#it centralizes and condenses the problem definition thereby making for more comprehensible coding practices.