A programming language that allows complex mathematical formulas to be coded. Most major programming languages provide this capability. See algorithm and algorithmic. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

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Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ZDNET. Most recently, I aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming ...