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 ...

Referential transparency as much as you can preserve it, can really make it easy as 4 plus 1, in terms of debugging what happens.

The right side represents the algorithm in a functional approach using recursive function calls. Figure 1: Imperative Programming vs. Functional Programming Erlang Erlang is a functional programming ...