> The alternative is to draw a clear line where there is none. I'd say that more/less "imperative" refers to describing sequences of actions that take place (e

> The alternative is to draw a clear line where there is none. I'd say that more/less "imperative" refers to describing sequences of actions that take place (especially those which might modify some state), whereas "declarative" is more about a structure of what the result should be. I can agree that a Docker image can be considered as a structure, and that it's possible to construct one declaratively. Whereas I'd say a Dockerfile is an imperative construction of that.