资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

procedural language
     
         A term used in contrast to {declarative language}
        to describe a language where the programmer specifies an
        explicit sequences of steps to follow to produce a result.
     
        The term should not be confused with "{imperative language}".
        An example (non-imperative) procedural language is {LOGO},
        which specifies sequences of steps to perform but does not
        have an internal state.
     
        Other procedural languages include {Basic}, {Pascal}, {C}, and
        {Modula-2}.
     
        (2003-06-23)