storing code versus storing logic

in my mind imperative~ languages are full of 'code' variables.
they store encoded knowledge into state variable.
that will then be interpreted by the program.

e.g:

function sort(data, sorting) { case sorting = "num" : ... ; "..." : ... }

other paradigms store logic directly

function sort(data, sorting) { sorting(data[:half]) (+) sorting(data[half:]) }

and.. that's all.

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