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How to make the transition to functional programming?
Lately, I have been very intrigued with F# which I have been working a bit with. Coming mostly from Java and C#, I like how concise and easily understandable it is. However, I believe that my ...
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Why is an anemic domain model considered bad in C#/OOP, but very important in F#/FP?
In a blog post on F# for fun and profit, it says:
In a functional design, it is very important to separate behavior from
data. The data types are simple and "dumb". And then separately, you
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Why is the rec keyword needed in F#?
In F# it is necessary to use the rec keyword. In Haskell there is no need to explicitly tell if a given function is recursive or not.
Given the role of recursion in functional programming, the F# ...
