====== Imperative Programming ======
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**Imperative Programming** is a programming paradigm that uses statements that change a program's state. In much the same way that the imperative mood in natural languages expresses commands, an imperative program consists of commands for the computer to perform. Imperative programming focuses on describing how a program operates.

  * **Note:**The term is often used in contrast to [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:d:declarative | Declarative Programming]], which focuses on what the program should accomplish without specifying how the program should achieve the result. 

Source: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperative_programming ]]


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