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Functional programming is a programming paradigm which makes it easy to create, reason about, and compose functions.
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What is the one functional programming language I should learn? [closed]
I have read very good things about functional programming lately. I am a Java developer and I haven't had much exposure to functional programming, except some basic LISP as part of an AI course. I ...
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Why are cons lists associated with functional programming?
I have noticed that most functional languages employ a singly-linked list (a "cons" list) as their most fundamental list types. Examples include CLisp, Haskell and F#. This is different to mainstream ...
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Functional Programming approach for a simplified game using Scala and LWJGL
I, a Java imperative programmer, would like to understand how to generate a simple version of Space Invaders based on Functional Programming design principles (in particular Referential Transparency). ...
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What is the difference between a function and a lambda?
I'm a little bit confused about 'function' and 'lambda'. I've seen some examples showing that the scheme keyword lambda works very similarly to the JavaScript keyword function, but I really don't ...
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Need help with deciding elements for icon creating application
I'm trying to practice programing by creating a simple application which, I think, I can manage to do in .Net C# in VisualStudio 2010.
I'm working on simple application which will let me to create ...
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One-use variables - has any language ever had them?
A principle that I follow is that, when an identifier is established, it should be a signal to the reader that the value referred to is indeed an abstraction which will be used more than once. That ...
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How would Functional Programming proponents answer this statement in Code Complete?
On page 839 of the second edition, Steve McConnell is discussing all the ways that programmers can "conquer complexity" in big programs. His tips culminate with this statement:
"Object-oriented ...
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Immutable design with an ORM: How are sessions managed?
If I were to make a site with a mutable language like C# and use NHibernate, I would normally approach sessions with the idea of making them as create only when needed and dispose at request end. ...
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Functional Programming: Are Tuples a viable replacement for Types?
A while ago I decided to learn Haskell to help with learning more "pure functional" ideas that I could apply to F#. Right off the bat it seems as if there's no real types in Haskell like the ones ...
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Is there any material on practical programming in Coq?
I just finished reading Coq in a Hurry, which is a very good tutorial I found online. I got very exited about Coq.
Is there any material on practical programming in Coq? Like printing the result of a ...
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Are there any “enterprise ready” functional programming languages? [closed]
By "enterprise ready" I am referring to availability of tools: dependency management, build management, message servers, databases, application platforms and servers, and are secure and scale well?
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Is the COCOMO model a good argument when defending a programming language choice?
Currently, I'm following a course on embedded software development. The lecturer has chosen J as an architecture language for model-driven software development. J itself is a very terse programming ...
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Is Javascript a Functional Programming Language
Is Javascript a functional language? I know it has objects & you can do OOP with it also, but is it also a functional language, can it be used in that way?
You know how OOP became/seems like the ...
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Non-OOP languages advantages and good uses
I'm a C# developer, but I also know Java, JavaScript, XSLT, a little of C and Perl, e some other that I may have forgotten. Still, the paradigm I'm most familiar to is OOP.
I have always thought ...
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Functional Low-Level language that can use a webkit view
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I need to develop an app which should look kind of the same on desktop and as a website incarnation.
Since I am a web dev and have never developed for desktop, I want to use a language that ...
