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Functional programming

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Functional programming is a programming paradigm where values are passed around into functions, and those functions are themselves values.[1] Functional programmers often try to make large parts of their code referentially transparent.[2]

References

  1. "What is Functional Programming? - Definition from Techopedia". Techopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  2. "functional programming - Pros. / Cons. of Immutability vs. Mutability". Stack Overflow. Retrieved 2019-05-26.