If you find this kind of odd, you’re not alone: while functional programming aims at eliminating side effects completely, object-oriented programming tries to keep them inside objects.

A programming language that is based primarily on writing algorithms (functions). The syntax of functional programming (FP) is mathematical, and the languages are used for applications such as ...

Functional programming languages can have objects, but generally those objects are immutable — either arguments or return values to functions. There are no for/next loops, as those imply state ...

What is something you wish you knew when you first started functional programming? This question was originally answered on Quora by Tikhon Jelvis.

The functional programming paradigm, which has been around for decades, has never gone out of style. In this two-part series, we look at Microsoft's implementation, Visual F#.

Academic researchers have published a study investigating the effect of programming languages on software quality, concluding the issue is hard to quantify but also identifying significant findings, ...

Academic researchers have published a study investigating the effect of programming languages on software quality, concluding the issue is hard to quantify but also identifying significant findings, ...

Even with functional programming improvements in Java 8, Java remains an imperative, object-oriented programming language. It’s missing range types and other features that would make it more ...

Scala is an easy transition for those familiar with Java and object-oriented programming. But if you want to learn the basics of functional programming, Scheme is hands-down the best.