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Programming Paradigms Comparison

  • Imperative Programming
    • Characteristics: statements mutate program state directly (let, loops, assignments)
    • Architecture Influence: stateful services, command-driven architecture
  • Procedural Programming
    • Characteristics: step-by-step, linear control flow, mutable state
    • Architecture Influence: transaction script, single responsibility units, shallow call graphs
  • Object-Oriented Programming
    • Characteristics: classes/objects, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism
    • Architecture Influence: DDD, layered architecture, clean architecture, hexagonal
  • Prototype-based Programming
    • Characteristics: objects inherit from other objects, delegation over inheritance
    • Architecture Influence: flexible object composition, dynamic plugin systems
  • Functional Programming
    • Characteristics: pure functions, immutability, no shared state, higher-order functions, pattern matching, curry, single argument functions, composition
    • Architecture Influence: functional pipelines, stateless services, async stream processing
  • Closure-based Programming
    • Characteristics: functions hold private state via closures, encapsulated behavior
    • Architecture Influence: lightweight encapsulation, reactive units, factory patterns
  • Actor Model
    • Characteristics: message passing, no shared memory, isolated context, transparent concurrency units
    • Architecture Influence: distributed systems, concurrency-safe services, microservices
  • Structural Programming
    • Blocks, No goto
  • Declarative Programming
    • Characteristics: emphasizes what over how, side-effect free, high-level code, DSLs, self-descriptive
    • Architecture Influence: configuration-over-code, rule engines
  • Contract programming
    • Characteristics: difine contracts
    • Architecture Influence: stable and clear, self-descriptive
  • Reactive Programming
    • Characteristics: observable streams, event-driven, push-based, backpressure-aware
    • Architecture Influence: UIs, data stream processing, feedback loops, real-time pipelines
  • Finite-State Machines / Automata
    • Characteristics: explicit states, transitions, events, deterministic flow
    • Architecture Influence: workflow engines
  • Metaprogramming
    • Characteristics: code generation, reflection, macros, introspection
    • Architecture Influence: high flexibility, scaffolding

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