General-purpose language

A general-purpose language is a programming language that can create all types of programs. For example, C is a good example of a general-purpose language.

A language that is not a general-purposed language is called a DSL (Domain-Specific Language). For example, HTML (HyperText Markup Language), Logo, MATLAB are examples of domain-specific languages.

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