Pure functions. The ideal in functional programming is what is known as pure functions.A pure function is one whose results are dependent only upon the input parameters, and whose operation ...

In functional programming, there are two varieties of functions: first-order functions and pure functions. First-order functions. A first-order function takes standard data types (string, number, ...

The syntax of functional programming just isn’t readable at a glance. A couple of code snippets will show you what I mean. An example from Erlang:-module(listsort).-export([by_length/1]).

This research paper was presented at the 28th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming (opens in new tab) (ICFP), a premier forum for discussing design, implementations, ...