In computer programming, a function (also procedure, method, subroutine, routine, or subprogram) is a callable unit of software logic that has a well-defined...
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In computer programming, an anonymous function (function literal, expression or block) is a function definition that is not bound to an identifier. Anonymous...
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A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. It is one component of software, which also...
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a concept of object-oriented programming Function (computer programming), a callable sequence of instructions Function (music), a relationship of a chord...
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variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." Donald Knuth, Structured Programming, with go to Statements In computer science, a pointer...
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In computer science, conditionals (that is, conditional statements, conditional expressions and conditional constructs) are programming language constructs...
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In computer programming, a callback is a function that is stored as data (a reference) and designed to be called by another function – often back to the...
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In computer science, function-level programming refers to one of the two contrasting programming paradigms identified by John Backus in his work on programs...
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In computer science, a literal is a textual representation (notation) of a value as it is written in source code. Almost all programming languages have...
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In computer science, imperative programming is a programming paradigm of software that uses statements that change a program's state. In much the same...
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In computer programming, a pure function is a function that has the following properties: the function return values are identical for identical arguments...
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In programming languages, a closure, also lexical closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language...
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Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves...
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the first programming language to implement it. Christopher Strachey chose the term ad hoc polymorphism to refer to polymorphic functions that can be...
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In computer programming, a parameter or a formal argument is a special kind of variable used in a subroutine to refer to one of the pieces of data provided...
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A wrapper function is a function (another word for a subroutine) in a software library or a computer program whose main purpose is to call a second subroutine...
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In computer science, function composition is an act or mechanism to combine simple functions to build more complicated ones. Like the usual composition...
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Kernighan, Programming in C: A Tutorial: main( ) { printf("hello, world"); } In the above example, the main( ) function defines where the program should start...
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Numbers in the Ch Programming Language". Scientific Programming: 76–106. Cheng, Harry (1993). "Scientific Computing in the Ch Programming Language". Scientific...
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In computer science, an operation, function or expression is said to have a side effect if it has any observable effect other than its primary effect of...
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Skeleton programming is a style of computer programming based on simple high-level program structures and so called dummy code. Program skeletons resemble...
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In computer programming, a function prototype is a declaration of a function that specifies the function's name and type signature (arity, data types...
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is a fundamental concept in computer science and software engineering, especially within the object-oriented programming paradigm. Examples of this include:...
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mathematics and computer science, a higher-order function (HOF) is a function that does at least one of the following: takes one or more functions as arguments...
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computer programming: Computer programming – process that leads from an original formulation of a computing problem to executable computer programs....
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In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. It is a declarative...
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In computer programming, a trait is a language concept that represents a set of methods that can be used to extend the functionality of a class. In object-oriented...
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Currying (redirect from Curried function)
and computer science, currying is the technique of translating a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of families of functions, each...
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In computer science, declarative programming is a programming paradigm—a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs—that expresses...
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In functional programming, a monad is a structure that combines program fragments (functions) and wraps their return values in a type with additional computation...
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