Programming Paradigms

7a THE NATURE OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Imperative languages v non-imperative languages
Scripting languages
Data oriented languages
Object oriented languages
Event-driven programming
Language standardisation

7b PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS

Compilers
Interpreters
Interactive development tools
Run-time support environments
Debugging tools
Testing tools
Configuration management

7c OBJECT ORIENTATION

Basic concepts: objects, classes, methods, overloading methods, messages inheritance: overriding methods, single inheritance, multiple inheritance Interfaces (e.g. in Java), encapsulation, polymorphism

7d FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING

Definition of a function:
domain and range, total and partial functions, strict functions
Recursion
Referential transparency
Side effects of functions

7e LOGIC PROGRAMMING

Basic constructs
Facts: queries, existential queries, conjunctive queries, rules
Definition of a logic program
Semantics of a logic program
Recursive programming:
Computational model of logic programs, unification
Goal reduction
Negation in logic programming

7f RELATED ISSUES

Visual programming
Concurrency
Distribution