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Functional Programming on the rise?
I have noticed lately that functional programming languages are gaining popularity. I recently noticed how the Tiobe Index shows an increase in their popularity in comparison to the last year although ...
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What is a “side effect?”
I haven’t clearly understood the concept of side effect.
What is side effect in programming?
Is it programming language dependent?
Is there such a thing as external and internal side effects?
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What programming language generates fewest hard-to-find bugs? [closed]
What language, in your opinion, allows the average programmer to output features with the least amount of hard-to-find bugs? This is of course, a very broad question, and I'm interested in very broad ...
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If we can do functional programming with Python, do we need a specific functional programming language? [closed]
Using generators and lambda, we can do functional programming with Python. You can also achieve the same thing with Ruby.
So the question is: why do we need specific functional programming languages ...
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4answers
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FP and OO orthogonal?
I have heard this time and again and I am trying to understand and validate the idea that FP and OO are orthogonal.
First of all, what does it mean for 2 concepts to be orthogonal ?
FP encourages ...
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7answers
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Functional as a first language
What are some pros and cons to learning functional programming before other paradigms?
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Purest functional programming language(s)? [closed]
I'm interested in better learning functional programming. To do so, it seems obvious that I should force myself to use the purest possible functional programming language. Hence, I'm here asking, more ...
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6answers
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Is there an infinite amount of knowledge in a programming language?
I can program in Java, C#, C, Scala, and Javascript fluently. I'm comfortable with Objective-C, but I don't remember the conventions used for memory management. I can read Python and Ruby and I've ...
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5answers
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Is there any difference between pointers and references? [duplicate]
References and pointers do the same thing as I know. Is there any difference between them?
If there is no difference, why we call them reference not pointer?
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What is the most compatible, widely used production language to export knowledge and skills gained from Haskell?
I like Haskell, plain and simple. While Haskell is used in production software, it's not especially widely deployed from what I've seen. What is the most similar and still widely used language in ...
