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The functions alluded to in the title are mathematical functions. Mathematical functions have great strengths in terms of flexibility and in terms of analysis. |
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The functions alluded to in the title are mathematical functions. Mathematical functions have great strengths in terms of flexibility and in terms of analysis. |
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A functional programming language is a language that supports and encourages programming in a functional style. |
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A functional programming language is a programming language that supports and encourages programming in a functional style. Implementations of these languages are usually quite sophisticated about stack manipulation, since it is used so commonly. |
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A powerful mechanism sometimes used in functional programming, is the notion of higher-order functions. That is, functions that can take functions as arguments, and/or return functions as results. |
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A powerful mechanism sometimes used in functional programming is the notion of higher-order functions. That is, functions that can take functions as arguments, and/or return functions as results. Higher-order functions have been studied long before the notion of functional programming existed, in the lambda calculus, a formalism which has influenced the design of several functional programming languages. |
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Functional programming language implementations are usually more sophisticated about stack manipulation, since it is used so commonly. Chapter 4 - Functional Programming - of Raphael Finkel's Advanced Programming Language Design is an excellent introduction to and explanation of functional programming. [Here's a link to the chapter], and here's AddisonWesley?'s [page for the book] |
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Chapter 4 - Functional Programming - of Raphael Finkel's Advanced Programming Language Design is an excellent introduction to and explanation of functional programming. [Here's a link to the chapter], and here's AddisonWesley?'s [http://cseng.aw.com/book/related/0,3833,0805311912+20,00.html page for the book |
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