2.2 – Languages Evolution

2.2 – Languages Evolution

 

Imperatvie Paradigm

 - COBOL and Fortran followed an imperative paradigm which broke up large programs into smaller programs called subroutines, which are like methods in Java.

 

Abstract Data Type

 - An abstract data type is a data type that is defined by the programmer and not built into the language. An abstract data type is essentially a grouping of related information that is denoted with a type. It was a way to organize data in a meaningful way.