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first-class functions

programming language feature that allows manipulating functions like other values
Class type of: software feature Q1344046

Facts

2 properties
Subclass of
software feature[1]
Has use
functional programming, higher-order function[2][3]
🏷️ Also known as
en first-class function en first-class functions ar دالة من الدرجة الأولى de First-Class-Funktion es Funciones de primera clase fa توابع کلاس اول ja 第一級関数 ko 일급 함수 pt Função de primeira classe ru функции первого класса uk функція першого класу zh 第一類函數 zh-hans 一等函数
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/04ckct
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
43284624
Semantic Scholar topic ID
31170

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🔗 Connections
Has use 2
functional programming, higher-order function
← Facet of 2
function object, funarg problem
Subclass of 1
software feature
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