C++ language features
We previously took a look at the explicit nature of changes to data and system state that defines imperative programming as opposed to declarative programming, where instead of manipulating data in a loop such functionality could be declared as mapping an operator to some data, thus spelling out the functionality, not the specific order of operations. But why should programming languages necessarily be a choice between imperative and declarative paradigms?
In fact, one of the main distinguishing features of C++ is its multi-paradigm nature making use of both imperative and declarative paradigms. With the inclusion of object-oriented, generic, and functional programming into C++ in addition to C's procedural programming, ...
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