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What programming language categories are there?

I know about object-oriented languages, functional languages, procedural languages.... what other 'paradigms' are there? What are the best languages in each class? In what situations would you choose one type of language over another?

Are there any really obscure language types that may not have taken off in general use but might still be interesting to learn about? (And are there any new developments in the field that might yet take off?)

+8  A: 

Here is 40 of them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages_by_category

Marcus Johansson
Great. That's part one of the question answered.... :-)
Spudley
My answer to the second question would be 'no', but that is just a hunch. ^^
Marcus Johansson
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Two of the most popular procedural programming languages are FORTRAN and BASIC.

The most popular structured programming languages include C, Ada, and Pascal.

The most popular object-oriented programming languages include Java, Visual Basic, C#, C++, and Python.

Types of Programming Languages

Comparison of programming language types

Category Programming Language

Harpreet
Good links - I'm going to have some fun with those. Thank you.
Spudley
You're welcome :)
Harpreet