Editing Programming paradigm (section)

== History ==

Different approaches to programming have developed over time. Classification of each approach was either described at the time the approach was first developed, but often not until some time later, retrospectively. An early approach consciously identified as such is [[structured programming]], advocated since the mid 1960s. The concept of a ''programming paradigm'' as such dates at least to 1978, in the [[Turing Award]] lecture of [[Robert W. Floyd]], entitled ''The Paradigms of Programming'', which cites the notion of paradigm as used by [[Thomas Kuhn]] in his ''[[The Structure of Scientific Revolutions]]'' (1962).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1= Floyd |first1= R. W. |title= The paradigms of programming | doi= 10.1145/359138.359140 |journal= Communications of the ACM |volume= 22 |issue= 8 |pages= 455–460 |year= 1979 |doi-access= free }}</ref> Early programming languages did not have clearly defined programming paradigms and sometimes programs made extensive use of goto statements. Liberal use of which lead to [[spaghetti code]] which is difficult to understand and maintain. This led to the development of structured programming paradigms that disallowed the use of goto statements; only allowing the use of more structured programming constructs.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=POAplMgrk4wC&dq=programming+paradigm+structured&pg=PA20 | title=Java 5: Objects First | isbn=9780763737207 | last1=Soroka | first1=Barry I. | year=2006 | publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning }}</ref>