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Higher-order functions refer to functions that take other functions as arguments or that return functions when they are called, and higher-order functions are a key mechanism for writing effective functional programs.
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Mailund, T. (2017). Higher-Order Functions. In: Functional Programming in R. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2746-6_4
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