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Discuss the relative merits of imperative, functional, and declarative languages.

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Merits of imperative languages * Easy to read * Conceptual model (solution path) is very easy for beginners to understand. * Characteristics of specific applications can be taken into account. for more

Mertis of functional languages * Lazy Evaluation * Seamless Parallel Programming for more

Merits of declarative languages * easy to use (since you only tell what you need).