Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.glorb.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny08.POSTED!9244eeff!not-for-mail From: "David Cressey" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory References: <1140555731.823399.160020@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <43fb9f3f$0$11061$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <1140572636.412425.167160@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <43fcaa00$0$11073$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <1140635869.277415.201510@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1140657194.873638.147660@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1140728544.042637.68440@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1140744043.908869.248700@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com> <1140912327.578922.244610@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Declarative constraints in practical terms Lines: 26 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:28:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.127.7.17 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny08 1141050526 71.127.7.17 (Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:28:46 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:28:46 EST Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.theory:36984 "x" wrote in message news:dtv15h$fob$1@emma.aioe.org... > > "David Cressey" wrote in message > news:DeDMf.1660$SJ2.464@trndny01... > > > > "x" wrote in message news:dtuu4r$ja9$1@emma.aioe.org... > > > An imperative language is a language whose statements are commands. > > > A procedural language is a language that allow procedures. > > > A declarative language is a language whose statements are statements. > :-) > > > > > > > > > Is a "FORTRAN Statement" an imperative or a declarative? > > Which FORTRAN statement ? :-) > Imperative I guess. > Okay. Is a FORTRAN statement a statement?