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by mbel 2818 days ago
The flow in the example is simple: click -> wait -> process result; but it's still there. Notice that instructions are executed in the order they are defined, that is enough to make it imperative.
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yes but I think it could be made truly declarative with very little work. take out the waits, and maybe not carry around the doc all over the place - the context of the page being processed should be figured out by the interpreter.

on edit: although the web interfaces being what they are some things need to be order dependent - like INPUT(google, 'input[name="q"]', "ferret") CLICK(google, 'input[name="btnK"]'), I mean you need to click the button after you fill out the input.