I’m interested in learning functional programming and would like to know where I might find low-cost programming tools to experiment with. The comp.lang.functional FAQ describes functional programming ...

A: The comp.lang.functional FAQ describes functional programming this way: “Functional programming is a style of programming that emphasizes the evaluation of expressions, rather than execution of ...

Since it has been mentioned in here a few times, I've become curious about learning functional programming (specifically Lisp or O'Caml). However, my half-hearted attempts so far have not helped me ...

Four key concepts are essential for understanding Clojure’s functional programming paradigm. Here’s how to apply what you know about Java to learning Clojure. Clojure is one of the most fascinating ...

The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

I've suddenly found myself reading about many different functional languages in the past weeks, but alas, I never learned anything about them. I studied engineering as an undergraduate and now as a ...