SEE: C++ programming language: How it became the foundation for everything, ... functions for compile-time computation, lambdas, automatic type deduction, and variadic templates.” ...

Functions are fundamental to code organization; they exist in all higher order programming languages. Generally, functional programming means using functions to the best effect for creating clean ...

The archetypal modular programming language is Nicklaus Wirth’s Modula-2 (and -3). A modular language, such as Modula, has syntax for separating the implementation from the interface and for importing ...