Code examples in these sections will get you started with pure functions, higher-order functions, lazy evaluation, closures, and currying. Functional programming is on the rise ...

The advocates of functional programming say this is example of being able to catch an entire class of errors at compile time, leading to more predictable, reliable, and stable code.

A programming language that is based primarily on writing algorithms (functions). The syntax of functional programming (FP) is mathematical, and the languages are used for applications such as ...

In addition, technologies such as Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and Parallel Extensions for the .NET Framework have applied functional programming techniques toward key software development ...

Further, we will explore how functional programming can benefit web development (the code examples are provided in Kotlin). This approach can simplify the process while producing more accessible ...

Functional programming is a significant paradigm shift in the software world over the past 10 years. Slowly but surely, it has moved from a niche feature of a few uncommonly used languages to a ...

Functional programming languages were, until recently, languages for computer science. Based on a pure mathematical approach to programming, they were the basis of much modern computer science ...

C remains the language of choice for most embedded developers with C++ close behind. Java is in the mix along with other programming languages but functional programming languages show up in very ...

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 ...

Even with functional programming improvements in Java 8, Java remains an imperative, object-oriented programming language. It’s missing range types and other features that would make it more ...