Introducing Functional Programming It's important to note that you do not need to completely rewrite all of your software in a functional programming language to reap many of the benefits of ...

In-Depth Functional Programming, the .NET Way The functional programming paradigm, which has been around for decades, has never gone out of style. In this two-part series, we look at Microsoft's ...

Working with functional programming requires a shift in your thinking, but has benefits in productivity for programmer and maintainer alike We all learned about mathematical functions when we ...

The Resurgence of Functional Programming track at QCon Plus featured several experts describing how functional programming makes developing software a joyful experience. They also told why and how ...

Facebook’s embrace is the latest indication that the functional style of programming, though a radically different approach for many programmers, may offer greater benefits than the declarative ...

In functional programming, this is a big no-no. Mutations are considered a nasty side-effect that should be avoided. The issues that arise from mutation typically have to do with assumptions about ...

With the release of Visual Studio 2010, the Visual F# functional language officially shipped; it now constitutes the alternative offered by Microsoft for functional programming on the .NET platform.