multi-paradigm

multi-paradigm

See also: multiparadigm

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ paradigm

Adjective

multi-paradigm (not comparable)

1. (computing, of a programming language) Supporting more than one programming paradigm, in order to allow the most suitable programming style for a task.
   • 2004, David Schmidt, Programming Languages and Systems: 13th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2004, Held as Part of the Joint European Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2004, Barcelona, Spain, March 29 - April 2, 2004, Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media →ISBN, page 109

     Declarative multi-paradigm languages combine the main features of functional and logic programming, like laziness, logic variables and non-determinism.

   • 1999, Gopalan Nadathur, Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming: International Conference, PPDP'99, Paris, France, September, 29 - October 1, 1999, Proceedings, Springer Science & Business Media →ISBN, page 188

     Curry is a multi-paradigm declarative language covering functional, logic, and concurrent programming paradigms.

   • 2013, Lillian Cassel, R. Reis, Informatics Curricula and Teaching Methods: IFIP TC3 / WG3.2 Conference on Informatics Curricula, Teaching Methods and Best Practice (ICTEM 2002) July 10–12, 2002, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, Springer →ISBN, page 49

     Mozart-Oz is a well-designed, well-implemented multi-paradigm, multithread and multi-platform programming system.

Further reading

• Programming paradigm § Multi-paradigm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia