Comparison of multi-paradigm programming languages
Programming languages can be grouped by the number and types of paradigms supported.
Paradigm summaries
A concise reference for the programming paradigms listed in this article.
- Concurrent programming – have language constructs for concurrency, these may involve multi-threading, support for distributed computing, message passing, shared resources (including shared memory), or futures
- Actor programming – concurrent computation with actors that make local decisions in response to the environment (capable of selfish or competitive behavior)
- Constraint programming – relations between variables are expressed as constraints (or constraint networks), directing allowable solutions (uses constraint satisfaction or simplex algorithm)
- Dataflow programming – forced recalculation of formulas when data values change (e.g. spreadsheets)
- Declarative programming – describes what a computation should perform, without specifying detailed state changes c.f. imperative programming (functional and logic programming are major subgroups of declarative programing)
- Distributed programming – have support for multiple autonomous computers that communicate via computer networks
- Functional programming – uses evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids state and mutable data
- Generic programming – uses algorithms written in terms of to-be-specified-later types that are then instantiated as needed for specific types provided as parameters
- Imperative programming – explicit statements that change a program state
- Logic programming – uses explicit mathematical logic for programming
- Metaprogramming – writing programs that write or manipulate other programs (or themselves) as their data, or that do part of the work at compile time that would otherwise be done at runtime
- Template metaprogramming – metaprogramming methods in which templates are used by a compiler to generate temporary source code, which is merged by the compiler with the rest of the source code and then compiled
- Reflective programming – metaprogramming methods in which a program modifies or extends itself
- Object-oriented programming – uses data structures consisting of data fields and methods together with their interactions (objects) to design programs
- Class-based – object-oriented programming in which inheritance is achieved by defining classes of objects, versus the objects themselves
- Prototype-based – object-oriented programming that avoids classes and implements inheritance via cloning of instances
- Pipeline programming – a simple syntax change to add syntax to nest function calls to language originally designed with none
- Rule-based programming – a network of rules of thumb that comprise a knowledge base and can be used for expert systems and problem deduction & resolution
- Visual programming – manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually (e.g. Simulink); also termed diagrammatic programming[1]
Language overview
Language | Number of Paradigms | Concurrent | Constraints | Dataflow | Declarative | Distributed | Functional | Metaprogramming | Generic | Imperative | Logic | Reflection | Objectoriented | Pipelines | Visual | Rule-based | Other paradigms |
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Ada[2][3][4][5][6] | 5 | Yes[a 1] | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
ALF | 2 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
AmigaE | 2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
APL | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Array (multi-dimensional) |
BETA | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
C++ | 7 (15) | Yes[7][8][9] | Library[10] | Library[11][12] | Library[13][14] | Library[15][16] | Yes | Yes[17] | Yes[a 3] | Yes | Library[18][19] | Library[20] | Yes[a 2] | Yes[21] | No | Library[22] | Array (multi-dimensional; using STL) |
C# | 6 (7) | Yes | No | Library[a 4] | No | No | Yes[a 5] | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | reactive[a 6] |
ChucK | 3 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Claire | 2 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Clojure | 5 | Yes[23][24] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes[25] | Yes[26] | No | No | Library[27] | No | No | Yes[28] | Editor[29] | No | Multiple dispatch,[30] Agents[31] |
Common Lisp | 7 (14) | Library[32] | Library[33] | Library[34] | Yes[35] | Library[36] | Yes | Yes | Yes[37] | Yes | Library[38] | Yes | Yes (multiple dispatch, method combinations)[39][a 2] | Library[40] | No | Library[41] | Multiple dispatch, meta-OOP system,[42] Language is extensible via metaprogramming. |
Curl | 5 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes[a 3] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Curry | 4 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
D (version 2.0)[43][44] | 6 | Yes[a 7] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes[45][a 3] | Yes[a 3] | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Dylan | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
E | 3 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
ECMAScript[46][47] (ActionScript, E4X, JavaScript, JScript) | 4 (5) | partial (promises, native extensions)[a 8] | No | No | Library[48][49] | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 9] | Library[50][51] | Editor[52] | No | reactive,[a 10][53] event driven[a 11][a 12] |
Embarcadero Delphi | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[a 3] | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Erlang | 3 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Elixir | 4 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Elm | 6 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | reactive |
F# | 7 (8) | Yes[a 7] | No | Library[a 4] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | reactive[a 6] |
Fortran | 4 (5) | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes[a 13] | No | Yes[a 14] | No | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | Array (multi-dimensional) |
Go | 4 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Haskell | 8 (15) | Yes | Library[54] | Library[55] | Yes | Library[56] | Yes (lazy) | Yes[57] | Yes | Yes | Library[58] | No | Immutable | Yes | Yes | Library[59] | literate, reactive, dependent types (partial) |
Io | 4 | Yes[a 7] | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 9] | No | No | No | No |
J | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Java | 6 | Yes | Library[60] | Library[61] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Julia | 9 (17) | Yes | Library[62] | Library[63][64] | Library[65] | Yes | Yes (eager) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Library[66] | Yes | Yes (multiple dispatch, not traditional single) | Yes | No | Library[67][68] | Multiple dispatch, Array (multi-dimensional); optionally lazy[69] and reactive (with libraries) |
Kotlin | 8 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
LabVIEW | 4 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Lava | 2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | Yes | No | No |
LispWorks (version 6.0 with support for symmetric multi-processing, rules, logic (Prolog), CORBA) | 9 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | Yes | No |
Lua | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 9] | No | No | No | No |
MATLAB | 6 (10) | Toolbox[70] | Toolbox[71] | Yes[72] | No | Toolbox[73] | No | Yes[74] | Yes[75] | No | No | Yes[76] | Yes[77] | No | Yes[78] | No | Array (multi-dimensional) |
Nemerle | 7 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Object Pascal | 4 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
OCaml | 4 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Oz | 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[a 2] | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Perl | 8 (9) | Yes[79] | Library[80] | Yes[81] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes[a 2] | Yes[a 2] | Yes | No | No | No |
PHP[82][83][84] | 4 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Poplog | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Prograph | 3 | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | Yes | No | No |
Python | 5 (10) | Library[85][86] | Library[87] | No | No | Library[88] | Partial | Yes[89][90] | Yes[91][92] | Yes | Library[93] | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | Editor[94] | No | structured |
R | 4 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[95] | No | No | Array (multi-dimensional) |
Racket | 6 | Yes[96] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Raku | 10 | Yes[97] | Yes[98] | Yes[99] | No | Library[100] | Yes | Yes[101] | Yes[102] | Yes | No | Yes[103] | Yes[104] | Yes | No | No | Multiple dispatch, lazy lists, reactive. |
ROOP | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Ruby | 5 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Rust (version 1.0.0-alpha) | 6 | Yes[a 7] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes[105][106] | Yes[107] | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | linear, affline, and ownership types |
Sather | 2 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Scala[108][109] | 9 | Yes[a 7] | No | Yes[a 15] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
Simula | 2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | No |
SISAL | 3 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Spreadsheets | 2 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Swift | 7 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | block-structured |
Tcl with Snit extension | 3 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[110] | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[a 9][111] | No | No | No | No |
Visual Basic .NET | 6 (7) | Yes | No | Library[a 4] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | No | No | No | reactive[a 6] |
Windows PowerShell | 6 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[a 2] | Yes | No | No | No |
Wolfram Language & Mathematica | 13[112] (14) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[113] | No | Yes | Knowledge Based |
See also
- Programming paradigm
- Categorical list of programming languages
- Domain-specific programming language
- Domain-specific multimodeling
Notes
- rendezvous and monitor-like based
- Class-based
- Template metaprogramming
- using TPL Dataflow
- only lambda support (lazy functional programming)
- using Reactive Extensions (Rx)
- actor programming
- using Node.js' cluster module or child_process.fork method, web workers in the browser, etc.
- Prototype-based
- using Reactive Extensions (RxJS)
- in Node.js via their events module
- in browsers via their native EventTarget API
- purely functional
- parameterized classes
- Akka Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
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- OpenMPI
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- Boost.MPL
- LC++
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- constraint programming inside CL through extensions
- dataflow extension
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- MPI, etc via language extensions
- template metaprogramming using macros (see C++)
- Prolog implemented as a language extension
- Common Lisp Object System see Wikipedia article on CLOS, the Common Lisp Object System.
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