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Focus on the language's key features, design principles, and typical use cases without making direct comparisons or using negative language. Aim to provide an informative and neutral introduction to the language.
=={{header|APL}}==
APL (A Programming Language) is an array-oriented programming language developed by Kenneth E. Iverson in the 1960s. Its central datatype is the multidimensional array. APL uses a large range of special graphic symbols to represent most functions and operators, leading to very concise code. It has been influential in the development of concept modeling, spreadsheets, functional programming, and computer math packages. APL is known for its powerful and concise syntax, enabling developers to think more about the problem they’re trying to solve than how to express it to a computer. It’s particularly well-suited for working with arrays and matrices, making it an excellent choice for numerical analysis and scientific computing.
=={{header|Brainf***}}==
Brainf*** is an esoteric programming language created by Urban Müller in 1993. It is notable for its extreme minimalism, consisting of only eight simple commands, a data pointer, and an instruction pointer. While it is fully Turing complete, it is not intended for practical use but rather to challenge and amuse programmers. Brainf*** requires breaking commands into microscopic steps and is known for its complexity and difficulty to understand. The language’s name is a reference to the slang term “mindf***,” which refers to things so complicated or unusual that they exceed the limits of one’s understanding.
=={{header|C}}==
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Forth is a stack-based, minimalistic programming language designed for embedded systems and low-level control. It uses a Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) syntax and relies heavily on a stack for data manipulation. Forth is known for its efficiency and suitability for tasks that require precise hardware control and real-time processing, such as microcontroller programming. It's known for being compact, simple, and highly adaptable to various hardware architectures.
=={{header|Fortran}}==
Fortran (formerly FORTRAN) is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. It was developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications and has since become a dominant language in scientific computing. Fortran is known for its speed and is used in computationally intensive areas such as numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, geophysics, computational physics, crystallography, and computational chemistry. It has evolved over the years, adding support for structured programming, array programming, modular programming, object-oriented programming, concurrent programming, and native parallel computing capabilities.
=={{header|Go}}==
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JavaScript is a popular scripting language primarily used for web development. It enables interactive and dynamic web pages and is supported by all major web browsers.
=={{header|Julia}}==
Julia is a high-level, open-source programming language built for scientific and technical computing. It excels at numerical and data-intensive tasks, offering performance comparable to low-level languages like C and Fortran. Julia's key features include a just-in-time (JIT) compiler, multiple dispatch, and a rich ecosystem of packages for math, data analysis, and machine learning. Its design focuses on ease of use and speed, making it a popular choice for researchers, engineers, and data scientists working on computationally intensive projects. Julia is versatile, enabling seamless integration with other languages like Python and C, making it a valuable tool in scientific computing and data analysis.
=={{header|Logo}}==
Logo is a programming language designed for educational purposes, particularly for teaching concepts of computer programming to children and beginners. Developed in the late 1960s, Logo is known for its simplicity and the use of a turtle graphics system, where a graphical "turtle" can be directed to move and draw on the screen using simple commands. Logo's key features include an easy-to-understand syntax, an interactive environment, and a focus on procedural and recursive programming. It encourages problem-solving and creativity, making it a valuable tool for introducing programming concepts, logic, and geometry to learners of all ages.
=={{header|Mathematica}}==
Mathematica is a general multi-paradigm programming language developed by Wolfram Research. It is the programming language of Wolfram Mathematica and the Wolfram Programming Cloud. Mathematica is designed to be as general as possible and emphasizes symbolic computation, functional programming, and rule-based programming. It has been widely used in scientific, engineering, mathematical, and computing fields. The language is known for its powerful capabilities in symbolic computation, making it suitable for a wide range of mathematical tasks.
=={{header|Perl}}==
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