Functional Programming

Functional Programming

What is functional programming?

Functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. Functions are treated as first-class citizens, meaning that they can be bound to names (including local identifiers), passed as arguments, and returned from other functions, just as any other data type can.

• In normal coding pattern

// 2 * 3 - 4
int a = 1 + 2;
int b = a * 3;
int ans = b - 4;

• In functional programming

// 2 * 3 - 4
int ans = subtract(multiply(add(1,2), 3), 4);

//another version
int ans = add(1,2).multiply(3).subtract(4);

The advantages

• Code is neat
• Easy to read and understand
• For parallel

Reference

Functional programming

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