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See also [[TL;DR]] (Brief descriptions of languages).
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! {{anchor|COBOL|[[COBOL]]}}
|[[imperative programming|imperative]], [[object-oriented]]
|{{yes|Yes, [[ANSI]] 68, 74, 85 (and subsequent revisions); ECMA; [[ISO]] 1989:
|strong
|safe
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|Applications, GUIs, System, Games
|Elegance, Performance, Simplicity, Lightness, 99.9% [[C]] compatibility
|-
! {{anchor|Ecstasy|[[Ecstasy]]}}
|[[object-oriented]], [[generic programming|generic]], [[reflective programming|reflective]], [[functional programming|functional]], [[imperative programming|imperative]]
|{{no|No}}
|strong
|safe
|explicit, optionally inferred
|nominative; duck for interface types
|static; dynamic for generic edge conditions
|by value; by reference
|{{yes}}
|Application
|Predictable, Secure, Composable
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! {{anchor|Insitux|[[Insitux]]}}
|[[functional programming|functional]], [[imperative programming|imperative]]
|{{no}}
|strong
|safe
|implicit
|
|dynamic
|by value
|{{yes}}
|Host-driven scripting
|Host-extensibility; provide "safe" modding e.g. timeout infinite loops, memory limits; concise code
|-
! {{anchor|Io|[[Io]]}}
|[[object-oriented]], [[classless-objects|classless]], prototype
|{{no}}
|strong
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|[[functional programming|functional]] research
|[[concatenative programming|concatenative]]
|-
! {{anchor|jq|[[jq]]}}
|[[functional programming|functional]], [[tacit programming|tacit (point-free)]], [[dataflow programming|dataflow]]
|<!-- Std -->{{no|No, but a de facto standard exists in the agreement between the C and Go-based versions}}
|<!-- Strength -->weak
|<!-- Safety -->safe
|<!-- Expr -->implicit
|<!-- Compat -->n.a.
|<!-- Check -->dynamic
|<!-- Passing -->by value, with limited support for closures
|<!-- GC -->{{yes}}
|<!-- Uses -->Processing streams of JSON documents or strings; gojq also supports YAML
|<!-- Design goals -->Turing-completeness; ease of use and economy of expression within functional/dataflow programming frameworks
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! {{anchor|Oberon-2|[[Oberon-2]]}}
|[[procedural programming|procedural]], [[imperative programming|imperative]], [[object-oriented]], [[classless-objects|classless]]
|{{no}}
|strong
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|Application, scripting
|optimized execution, efficient networking
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! {{anchor|Plain English|[[Plain English]]}}
|[[imperative programming|imperative]], [[procedural programming|procedural]]
|{{no}}
|strong
|safe
|explicit
|nominative
|static
|by reference
|{{no}}
|Application, Education, General
|Ease of use, Expressiveness, Readability, Simplicity
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! {{anchor|Rust|[[Rust]]}}
|[[concurrent programming|concurrent]], [[functional programming|functional]], [[imperative programming|imperative]], [[structured]], [[classless-objects|classless]], [[generic programming|generic]]
|{{no}}
|strong
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