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aliases: [Imperative programming language, Imperative programming languages, Imperative language]
shorthands: {}
created: 2022-07-10 22:21:38
modified: 2022-07-10 22:26:44
In imperative programming languages, we base our thinking around the idea of variables, which are changeable associations between a name and a value. Then we execute a sequence of commands on variables:
<command1>;
<command2>;
<command3>;
...
Usually, each command is just an assignment in the form
<name> := <expression>
Where we change a variable's value by associating the result of the expression with a name.
The expression may refer to variables whose values were set by previous commands.