DECLARATIVE LANGUAGE
\dɪklˈaɹətˌɪv lˈaŋɡwɪd͡ʒ], \dɪklˈaɹətˌɪv lˈaŋɡwɪdʒ], \d_ɪ_k_l_ˈa_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v l_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_w_ɪ_dʒ]\
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Any relational language or functional language.These kinds of programming language describe relationshipsbetween variables in terms of functions or inferencerules, and the language executor (interpreter orcompiler) applies some fixed algorithm to these relationsto produce a result.Declarative languages contrast with imperative languageswhich specify explicit manipulation of the computer's internalstate; or procedural languages which specify an explicitsequence of steps to follow.The most common examples of declarative languages are logicprogramming languages such as Prolog and functionallanguages like Haskell.See also production system.
By Denis Howe
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- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).