Editing Programming paradigm (section)

=== Procedural languages ===

[[Procedural language]]s, also called the [[third-generation programming language]]s are the first described as [[high-level programming language|high-level languages]]. They support vocabulary related to the problem being solved. For example,
* COmmon Business Oriented Language ([[COBOL]]){{snd}} uses terms like [[computer file|file]], [[move (command)|move]] and [[copy (command)|copy]].
* FORmula TRANslation ([[FORTRAN]]){{snd}} using [[mathematical]] language terminology, it was developed mainly for scientific and engineering problems.
* ALGOrithmic Language ([[ALGOL]]){{snd}} focused on being an appropriate language to define [[algorithm]]s, while using mathematical language terminology, targeting scientific and engineering problems, just like FORTRAN.
* Programming Language One ([[PL/I]]){{snd}} a hybrid commercial-scientific general purpose language supporting [[pointer (computer programming)|pointer]]s.
* Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code ([[BASIC]]){{snd}} it was developed to enable more people to write programs.
* [[C (programming language)|C]]{{snd}} a general-purpose programming language, initially developed by [[Dennis Ritchie]] between 1969 and 1973 at [[AT&T Bell Labs]].

These languages are classified as procedural paradigm. They directly control the step by step process that a computer program follows. The [[efficacy]] and [[algorithmic efficiency|efficiency]] of such a program is therefore highly dependent on the programmer's skill.