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Computer Architectures NOT based on arrays [closed]
Wadler's original paper on Monads for Functional Programming ( Haskell ) ,he says Another question with a long history is whether it is desirable to base programs on array update. Since so much ...
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What is the equivalent of The Little Lisper project in Haskell?
In the book The Little Lisper, you implement a minimal Scheme in 10 Chapters that is capable of interpreting any chapter in the book. To me it seems you could do the same for a 'minimal subset of a ...
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What are the advantages of using LISP and Haskell? Will they make me a better programmer? [closed]
I know Lisp and Haskell are logic and functional programming languages respectively, but what exactly does this mean? How do they differ from other languages? I've heard that learning these will make ...
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Could we build a functional computer?
As mush as FP has done, in the end, all our programs are structured. That is, it doesn't matter how pure or functional we make a them - they are always translated to assembly, so what actually runs ...
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In what programming language did "let" first appear?
I was wondering about the origins of the "let" used in Lisp, Clojure, and Haskell. Does anyone know which language it appeared in first?
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Where are functional languages used? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Functional Programming in Commercial Software Which problems domains are more suited to functional programming solutions I just wonder where do functional programming ...
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9answers
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Resources for improving your comprehension of recursion? [closed]
I know what recursion is (when a patten reoccurs within itself, typically a function that calls itself on one of its lines, after a breakout conditional... right?), and I can understand recursive ...
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Haskell AND Lisp vs. Haskell OR Lisp [closed]
I currently code with C, C++, and Python. I'm wanting to pick up a functional programming language, and right now I'm leaning toward Haskell. I do NOT want to start a "Haskell vs Lisp" war here; what ...
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