Jan 31, 2014 · I'm far from a functional programming expert, but the compile-time template metaprogramming language in C++ is often seen as being "functional", albeit with a very …

C++11 improved matters considerably for functional programming in C++, so this answer is no longer accurate. I'm leaving it below for a historical record. Since this answer stuck as the …

Jun 4, 2013 · The question asks specifically about function pointers, and whether their presence means that C++ supports "functional programming in general". In a sort of technical, not-very …

Sep 16, 2014 · Doing functional programming in C++ is like assembling a wristwatch with a jack-hammer. In all seriousness, the lack of GC, the lack of general tail calls (even the best …

Jul 13, 2012 · Both C++ templates and (parametric polymorphism in) functional languages like ML are examples of generic programming and so it makes some sense to mention them together …

Sep 30, 2008 · And while C++ doesn't provide the rich side-effect analysis that some functional-oriented programming languages perform, const analysis and C++0x lambda syntax can help: …

Functional Programming for Everyday .NET Development, by Jeremy Miller. A great article (although poorly formatted) showing many techniques and practical, real-world examples of …

Jan 2, 2012 · Perhaps the book should have been better called Post-Functional Programming (first of all because "Imperative C" does not sound sexy, secondly because it assumes …

May 18, 2019 · I think somebody had too much Perl. I have tried to implement something like that in C++ once, but very soon it became highly inefficient: unlike C++, Perl has high-level …

Nov 2, 2016 · The biggest problem with trying to program in a functional style in C++ is that it does not support tail recursion. In a functional language you don't have to worry about stack …