This document provides an overview of imperative programming languages (IPL). Some key points:
- IPLs closely resemble the architectural structure of computers and manipulate values and machine states. They use constructs like procedures, functions, variables, and sequential statements.
- Examples of IPLs include FORTRAN, COBOL, Pascal, C/C++, BASIC, and Java. They are based on the von Neumann architecture and instruction set of CPUs.
- IPL characteristics include variables, procedures/function calls, sequential/conditional/iterative statements, and side effects from statement order. Variables abstract memory storage.