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Programming languages are artificial languages designed to control machines and express algorithms precisely. Many languages have specifications defining their syntax and semantics. While early languages predated computers, directing machines like looms, thousands of languages have since been created mainly for computing, with most using imperative styles describing sequences of commands, though some use functional or logic programming.

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Programming

Programming languages are artificial languages designed to control machines and express algorithms precisely. Many languages have specifications defining their syntax and semantics. While early languages predated computers, directing machines like looms, thousands of languages have since been created mainly for computing, with most using imperative styles describing sequences of commands, though some use functional or logic programming.

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A programming language is an artificial language designed to express computations

that can be performed by a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages


can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine, to express
algorithms precisely, or as a mode of human communication.

Many programming languages have some form of written specification of their syntax
(form) and semantics (meaning). Some languages are defined by a specification
document. For example, the C programming language is specified by an ISO Standard.
Other languages, such as Perl, have a dominant implementation that is used as a
reference.

The earliest programming languages predate the invention of the computer, and were
used to direct the behavior of machines such as Jacquard looms and player pianos.
Thousands of different programming languages have been created, mainly in the
computer field, with many more being created every year. Most programming languages
describe computation in an imperative style, i.e., as a sequence of commands, although
some languages, such as those that support functional programming or logic
programming, use alternative forms of description.

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