In modern programming, it's uncommon to see functions longer than around 100 lines of code, because by then, there's probably something that should be pulled out and made into its own function.

The functions isEven and sum() are injected into the .filter() and .reduce() functions, respectively, to provide the behavior the functions require. Functional programming prefers recursion over loops ...

Image: Gorodenkoff/Adobe Stock. Why wouldn’t companies want to adopt pre-coded software modules that can perform the basic programming functions that are required in most software?

Fifty years ago this month, in 1964, a computer programming language winked to life that changed the course of a generation. While many would point to the rise of Unix and other ubiquitous ...