programming language

C1703
concept

A programming language is a formal system of syntax and semantics that allows humans to write instructions a computer can execute to perform specific tasks or solve problems.

All labels observed (62)

Label Occurrences
programming language canonical 215
domain-specific language 20
educational programming language 6

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: programming language
Generated description
A programming language is a formal system of syntax and semantics that allows humans to write instructions a computer can execute to perform specific tasks or solve problems.

Instances (264)

Instance Via concept surface
C++/CLI
ACL2 theorem proving system
surface form: ACL2
Eiffel programming language
surface form: Eiffel (programming language)
LotusScript
Pizza programming language
surface form: Pizza (programming language)
M domain-specific language
VBA
GLSL shading language
Kotlin DSL domain-specific language
Beta (programming language)
Solidity
Vyper smart contract programming language
JavaScript
Logo educational programming language
Objective-C
Forth
PL/Perl procedural language
Pyrex
BrainScript domain-specific language
BrainScript modeling language domain-specific language
Limbo programming language
surface form: Limbo
S programming language
Raku
Practical Extraction and Report Language
Hope programming language
surface form: Hope
PureScript
Idris
Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
surface form: Lua programming language
SNOBOL
Modula
Moonscript
surface form: MoonScript
Roblox (via a dialect, Luau)
surface form: Luau
METAPOST
AutoLISP
Arc
NewLISP
Russell Atkinson
surface form: CLU
Craig Schaffert
surface form: CLU
Spec# verification-oriented programming language
occam programming language
Prolog
Alan Snyder
surface form: CLU programming language
Algol family imperative programming language family
PlusCal algorithm language
surface form: PlusCal
pseudocode-style language
Cyclone
BitC
BCPL
SETL
SQL
Zetalisp