General-purpose language

A general-purpose language is a computer language that is broadly applicable across application domains, and lacks specialized features for a particular domain. This is in contrast to a domain-specific language (DSL), which is specialized to a particular application domain. The line is not always sharp, as a language may have specialized features for a particular domain but be applicable more broadly, or conversely may in principle be capable of broad application but in practice used primarily for a specific domain.^[1]

General-purpose languages are further subdivided by the kind of language, and include:

General-purpose markup languages, such as XML^[2]
General-purpose modeling language such as the Unified Modeling Language (UML)^[3]
General-purpose programming languages, such as C, Java, PHP, or Python^[4]

References

^ "Definition of general-purpose language". PCMag. Retrieved April 6, 2020. A programming language that is used to solve a wide variety of problems. Languages such as C, C++ and Java are examples. Contrast with special-purpose language. See general purpose.
^ John Ousterhout (2008). "Markup Languages: XML, HTML, XHTML". stanford.edu. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
^ "Clock constraint specification language: specifying clock constraints with UML/MARTE" (PDF). doi:10.1007/s11334-008-0055-2. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Programming Languages Through the Years". The Software Guild. July 30, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2020.

External links

Hicks, Mike; Levin, Dave. "CMSC 330: Organization of Programming Languages" (PDF). cs.umd.edu. Retrieved April 6, 2020.

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[1] "Definition of general-purpose language". PCMag. Retrieved April 6, 2020. A programming language that is used to solve a wide variety of problems. Languages such as C, C++ and Java are examples. Contrast with special-purpose language. See general purpose.

[2] John Ousterhout (2008). "Markup Languages: XML, HTML, XHTML". stanford.edu. Retrieved April 6, 2020.

[3] "Clock constraint specification language: specifying clock constraints with UML/MARTE" (PDF). doi:10.1007/s11334-008-0055-2. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] "Programming Languages Through the Years". The Software Guild. July 30, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2020.

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