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

Juniper is a functional reactive programming language for the Arduino platform. What that means is that you’ll be writing your code using anonymous functions, map/fold operations, recursion, and ...

Scala is an easy transition for those familiar with Java and object-oriented programming. But if you want to learn the basics of functional programming, Scheme is hands-down the best.

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 ...

Credit to Multicoreinfo.com for the pointer to this article by Michael Swaine for Dr. Dobb’s that examines functional programming’s merits (and demerits) Michael examines functional languages like ...

Though tough to define, functional programming can bring real productivity boosts if you can navigate the learning curve ...

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What is something you wish you knew when you first started functional programming? This question was originally answered on Quora by Tikhon Jelvis.

Lambdascript, a pure functional language built atop Python 3, provides a bridge between Python and functional programming, in yet another nod to a software development paradigm that has been ...

I'm trying to learn a little more about functional programming (particularly haskell right now), but it's all a bit confusing for me. Does anyone have any ...