Editing Programming language (section)

==Dialects, flavors and implementations==
A '''dialect''' of a programming language or a [[data exchange language]] is a (relatively small) variation or extension of the language that does not change its intrinsic nature. With languages such as [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] and [[Forth (programming language)|Forth]], standards may be considered insufficient, inadequate, or illegitimate by implementors, so often they will deviate from the standard, making a new [[dialect]]. In other cases, a dialect is created for use in a [[domain-specific language]], often a subset. In the [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] world, most languages that use basic [[S-expression]] syntax and Lisp-like semantics are considered Lisp dialects, although they vary wildly as do, say, [[Racket (programming language)|Racket]] and [[Clojure]]. As it is common for one language to have several dialects, it can become quite difficult for an inexperienced programmer to find the right documentation. The [[BASIC]] language has [[List of BASIC dialects|many dialects]].