Procedural Programming Languages
Computer Science: OCR A Level, topic 2.4.4
Procedural Programming Languages
Procedural languages are the most common type of programming language.
Procedural languages
- Procedural languages have become more popular.
- Procedural languages now have many libraries of pre-compiled code to use.
- This speeds up the programming process.
- Netflix use the python programming language to manage their systems.
Data types and structures
- Procedural languages have built in basic data types such as strings, integers, real numbers, boolean and char.
- Procedural languages also have advanced data structures such as arrays, stacks and queues.
Procedures
- Procedural language programs are built up of procedures that perform an action.
- The procedures are reusable and make it quicker to program.
Test yourself on Procedural Programming Languages
What property of procedures makes them beneficial for programmers?