General-purpose programming language

In computer programming, a general-purpose programming language is a programming language designed to be used for writing computer programs in a wide variety of application domains.

Description

In many ways a general-purpose language only has this status because it does not include language constructs designed to be used within a specific application domain/

For example, a page description language contains constructs intended to make it easier to write programs that control the layout of text and graphics on a page.

Domain-specific programming languages

By contrast, a domain-specific programming language is one designed to be used within a specific application domain.

Examples

Widely-used general-purpose programming languages include:

• Java (programming language)
• JavaScript
• PHP
• Python (programming language)

See also

• Application domain
• Programming language

External links

• General-purpose programming language @ Wikipedia