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Comparison of multi-paradigm programming languages

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A multi-paradigm programming language is a programming language that supports more than one programming paradigm. It allows, as described by Bjarne Stroustrup, "a program using more than one programming styles". 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.

Two examples are Ada and C++, whose handle both object-oriented and generic programming. Another example is 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 paradigms.

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Further readings

  • Multiparadigm Design for C++ by Jim Coplien (1998)
  • Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming by Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi (2004)


 

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