But no. Functional programming isn’t what it isn’t. Functional programmers aren’t ascetics. Haskell is not a “bondage and discipline” language. (If I’m into both, it’s just a ...

Functional programming has been around for the last 60 years, but so far it’s always been a niche phenomenon. Although game-changers like Google rely on its key concepts, the average programmer ...

Pure functions. The ideal in functional programming is what is known as pure functions.A pure function is one whose results are dependent only upon the input parameters, and whose operation ...

What is functional programming? Before we wander too far off, let’s take a step back to briefly refresh our understanding of what essential characteristics functional programming possesses.

It’s spooky. It’s esoteric. It’s also the key to understanding the rise and relevance of functional programming.

In functional programming, there are two varieties of functions: first-order functions and pure functions. First-order functions. A first-order function takes standard data types (string, number, ...

Facebook went with a novel programming methodology, called functional programming, to update the News Feed for its Apple iOS client, which helped considerably in tuning and debugging the app ...

Functional programming languages have their space and use, but I’m not convinced that 8 bit microcontrollers is where it’s at. Report comment. Reply. rasz_pl says: May 25, 2016 at 4:03 pm ...