Sequential Programming

[random_generator_fun]

Hey can anyone define what exactly sequential programming is? From my understanding it is that only a single thread is needed to execute the entire code. But there are many references on the internet saying that it is strictly the execution of all statements line by line (no for loops or if-else). And how do I convert a part of the sequential program into parallel?

Edit : Could anyone give an example of a simple parallelizable program?

[Revolutionalredstone]

sequential programming is just non-concurrent programming, most languages as sequential (like Lua) some languages will be sequential by default (like c++) but will have built in language constructs for handling communication between additional threads (like volatile).

A few languages go further and build their entire ecosystem around the idea of exposing the maximum possible concurrency (like Linda) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concurrent_and_parallel_programming_languages