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C++ Design: Functional Programming vs OOP
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Recently, I've been doing more and more FP in C++, mostly in the form of function templates and lambdas, and heavy overloading of a single function name. I really like FP for some ...
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design a model for a system of dependent variables
I'm dealing with a modeling system (financial) that has dozens of variables. Some of the variables are independent, and function as inputs to the system; most of them are calculated from other ...
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Don't structure data all the way down
In the blog post Don't structure data all the way down, the author discusses different ways to structure a circle datatype and how to implement the parameters to a Radius function.
area({circle, ...
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In Functional Programming, should domain-relevant simple functions (e.g., sorts) be reified?
In a functional application, should you wrap common higher-level functions in domain-meaningful names or should you leave them "bare"?
For instance, if you have a list of Addresses, and "sorted by ...
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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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How do you design programs in Haskell or other functional programming languages?
I have some experience in object oriented programming languages like c# or ruby. I know how to design a program in object oriented style, how to create classes and objects, and how to define relations ...
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Embedded Web Server Vs External Web Server
So I've thought of creating a web application in either Lisp or another functional language and was thinking of embedding the web server into the application (have my application handle the HTTP ...
