functional programming

programming paradigm based on applying and composing functions
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functional programming

Summary

functional programming is a programming paradigm[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of programming_paradigm entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,211 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • functional programming's instance of is recorded as programming paradigm[3].
  • functional programming's instance of is recorded as computer science term[4].
  • functional programming's GND ID is recorded as 4198740-8[5].
  • functional programming's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87007844[6].
  • functional programming's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121910539[7].
  • functional programming's subclass of is recorded as declarative programming[8].
  • functional programming's Commons category is recorded as Functional programming[9].
  • functional programming's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Visiteur Journée 2 - 14 (Madehub)-programmation fonctionnelle.wav[10].
  • functional programming's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 64923[11].
  • functional programming's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ykw[12].
  • functional programming's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph572639[13].
  • functional programming's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Functional programming[14].
  • functional programming's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX547935[15].
  • functional programming's spoken text audio is recorded as En-Functional programming.ogg[16].
  • functional programming's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 005.114[17].
  • functional programming's PSH ID is recorded as 6639[18].
  • functional programming's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 975428[19].
  • functional programming's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/functional-language[20].
  • functional programming's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/functional-programming[21].
  • functional programming's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/tags/functional-programming[22].
  • functional programming's BBC Things ID is recorded as a079820c-5a59-4f97-a9bf-f757447c2c90[23].
  • functional programming's FAST ID is recorded as 936086[24].
  • functional programming's Quora topic ID is recorded as Functional-Programming[25].
  • functional programming's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19585411[26].
  • functional programming's subreddit is recorded as functionalprogramming[27].

Why It Matters

functional programming ranks in the top 5% of programming_paradigm entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,211 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by Prograph[30], a programming language[31], founded in 1983[32].

FAQs

Who did functional programming influence?

functional programming has been cited as an influence by Prograph[30].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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