I do believe that there is real value in pursuing functional programming, but it would be irresponsible to exhort everyone to abandon their C++ compilers and start coding in Lisp, Haskell, or, to ...

From imperative programming came the languages C, Java and Python, while functional programming gave us Lisp, Haskell and F#.

Lisp is known for its unique syntax and its powerful support for functional programming. Since it was used to create some of the earliest AI systems, Lisp has traditionally had a significant ...

Rather than using threads, functional programming presents the superior approach for developers who must program for newfangled multicore processors, XML co-inventor Tim Bray stressed at a ...