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What are the Basic Building Blocks?

Each paradigm can be characterised by the features and construction of the programming language. It is important to note that some languages may contain building blocks from other paradigms but they are classified by their dominant building blocks.

Below is a list of the paradigms and their basic building blocks. More detail is given within each paradigm document.

Paradigm	Basic Building Blocks
Imperative	Variables and control structures
Functional	Functions
Logic	Facts and rules
Object Oriented	Objects which have data and associated methods and operations