Truly declarative language?

Question

Does anyone know of a truly declarative language? The behavior I\'m looking for is kind of what Excel does, where I can define variables and formulas, and have the formula\'s re

Answer 1

In Mathematica, you can do this:

x = 10;     (* # assign 30 to the variable x *)
y = 20;     (* # assign 20 to the variable y *)
z := x + y; (* # assign the expression x+y to the variable z *)
Print[z];
(* # prints 30 *)
x = 50;
Print[z];
(* # prints 70 *)

The operator := (SetDelayed) is different from = (Set). The former binds an unevaluated expression to a variable, the latter binds an evaluated expression.