I've had teachers separate languages (or styles, or paradigm) in 3 categories: * Imperative languages describe how to perform the solution. * Functional langu

I've had teachers separate languages (or styles, or paradigm) in 3 categories: * Imperative languages describe how to perform the solution. * Functional languages describe the solution. * Logic languages describe the problem. I'm not sure I actually agree with this categorisation, though.