procedural language

procedural language
procedural

   <language> Any {programming language} in which the programmer
   specifies an explicit sequences of steps to follow to produce
   a result (an {algorithm}).

   The term should not be confused with "{imperative language}" -
   a language that specifies explicit manipulation of state.  An
   example (non-imperative) procedural language is {LOGO}, which
   specifies sequences of steps to perform but does not have an
   internal state.

   Other procedural languages include {Basic}, {Pascal}, {C}, and
   {Modula-2}.

   Both procedural and imperative languages are in contrast to
   {declarative languages}, in which the programmer specifies
   neither explicit steps nor explicit state manipulation.

   (2004-05-17)