6 Answered Questions for the topic functional programming

Functional Programming Computer Programming Theory Definition

07/18/19

What is the origin of "launch the missiles"?
In the context of functional programming, a typical example of a side effect is "launch the missiles". Where does that expression come from historically?
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07/08/19

What is a Y-combinator?
How do combinators work? What are they good for? Are they useful in procedural languages?
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06/01/19

What is tail recursion?
While learning lisp, I've come across the term *tail-recursive*. What does it mean exactly?
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Functional Programming Python List Filter

04/28/19

list comprehension vs. lambda + filter?
I happened to find myself having a basic filtering need: I have a list and I have to filter it by an attribute of the items.My code looked like this: my_list = [x for x in my_list if x.attribute... more
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Functional Programming Sas R Procedural Programming

03/19/19

Are statistical programming languages like R/SAS considered functional or procedural?
I still don't understand the difference after reading [this][1] [1]:... more
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Functional Programming Logic Scala

03/19/19

Universal and Existential Quantifiers of First-Order Logic?
I am taking a Scala programming course. At one point the instructor said: > Functions *blah* and *bladdy* are the universal and existential > quantifiers of first-order logic. Could someone... more
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