LISP was the first functional programming language, followed by Erlang, Scheme, Haskell, OCaml, Scala, Clojure, F# and others. Advertisement THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

A very simple definition of functional programming is this: writing a program only in pure functions. Pure functions never modify variables, but only create new ones as an output.

Functional programming is about making programming more like mathematics,” he says. That says, there still remains a spectrum of definitions for functional programming, Hickey says.

Functional programming languages must have first-class functions, ... Definition and assignments. Note that the types in the definitions below are inferred, but strong.

¹ One of the “functional programming myths” I wrote about before is that “functional programming” is well-defined. It isn’t, and, even if we gave it a definition, the name would be a ...

In this talk, I will introduce a recent paradigm for the quantum analog of functional programming, known as higher-order quantum computation. I will present my results on how this paradigm can be used ...

Functional programming has more expressive, legible and elegant code. The basis for functional programming has its basis in lambda calculus. Lambda calculus is a mathematical theory originated in the ...

The functional programming tribe is unlikely to overthrow the imperative majority, but it may achieve many of its goals by stealth, by becoming an essential tool in the developers' kit.

Functional programming is the best choice for smart contracts, according to Digital Asset, which won the overall prize at the London leg of the Barclays hackathon. The firm’s own, Haskell-inspired ...

Also See: Functional Programming, the .NET Way (Part 1) Last time, we examined the advantages, benefits of programming using the functional paradigm, specifically, programming with Microsoft's Visual ...