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Functional programming

In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. It is a declarative programming paradigm in which function definitions are trees of expressions that map values to other values, rather than a sequence of imperative statements which update the running state of the…

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related to Further reading · 95
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related to Industry · 28
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related to Efficiency issues · 18
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related to Education · 7
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related to Simulating state · 7
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related to Academia · 6
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parametric CAD in the OpenSCAD language built on the CGAL frameworkinstance ofimplementation releases have been ongoing as of 1990.More recently it has found use in niches0.80text
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memoizationinstance ofThis can enable caching optimizations0.80text
loops in imperative languages.Most general purpose functional programming languages allow unrestricted recursioninstance ofSuch recursion schemes play a role analogous to built-in control structures0.80text
are Turing completeinstance ofSuch recursion schemes play a role analogous to built-in control structures0.80text

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