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Functional Programming

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Abstract

Functional programming (FP) is a programming style that focuses on functions and minimizes changes of state (using immutable data structures). It is closer to expressing solutions mathematically, rather than through step-by-step instructions.

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Notes

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    http://functionaljava.org/ .

  2. 2.

    http://clojure.org/ .

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    http://groovy.codehaus.org/Immutable+AST+Macro .

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    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Values,_variables,_and_literals#Constants .

  5. 5.

    https://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/ .

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    https://github.com/facebook/immutable-js .

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  1. Oviedo, Florida, USA

    Adam L. Davis

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Davis, A.L. (2016). Functional Programming. In: Modern Programming Made Easy. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2490-8_10

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