How many programming languages are there?

Thousands! Programming languages number in the thousands, from general purpose programming languages such as C++, Java, and others, to special purpose languages which are used in one application. They can be ordered by type (structured, object-oriented, functional, etc.) or by history, or syntax. See the related list of programming languages.

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