ONE 6th FORM Programming Paradigms

What are programming paradigms?

• Different approaches to using a programming language to solve a problem
• Different forms of critical thinking
• Using one algorithm for different outcomes

State the advantages of procedural programming

• Can be applied to a wide range of problems.
• Relatively easy to write and interpret.
• Reuse of code through inheritance
• Flexibility through polymorphism

State a use of declarative programming

• Expert Systems/ Knowledge-based Systems.
• Artificial Intelligence
• Sequential Execution
• Machine Architecture

Identify the main programming structures used in structured programming

• Sequence
• Selection
• Iteration
• Recursion
• Encapsulation

How does assembly language differ from machine code?

• Assembly language uses mnemonics rather than binary. One line in assembly language is equal to one line in machine code.
• Assembly language uses binary rather than mnemonics. One line in assembly language is equal to one line in machine code.
• Assembly language uses mnemonics rather than binary. One line in assembly language is equal to multiple lines in machine code.
• Assembly language uses mnemonics rather than binary. Multiple lines in assembly language is equal to one line in machine code.
• Assembly language uses binary rather than mnemonics. One line in assembly language is equal to multiple lines in machine code.

Decalarative languages make use of sequence, selection and iteration.

• True

• False

Regular expressions and SQL belong to which paradigm?

• Imperative

• Object oriented

• Declarative

• Low level

Which is NOT a programming paradigm:

• Imperative

• Declarative

• Object Oriented

• Functional

• Java

Prolog is an example of what type of programming paradigm?

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Object oriented

• Procedural

What is the primary purpose of classifying programming languages into different paradigms?

• To organize them by the age they were developed

• To categorize them based on their features and style of programming

• To determine which programming language is the most popular

• To price them differently based on their capabilities