Because of its nature, functional programming is great for in-demand tasks such as data analysis and machine learning.

If you’re programming in C or C++, you’re doing embedded stuff, drivers, or low-level stuff—or you’re just old. The bottom line is you should learn at least one language with managed memory.

Since it has been mentioned in here a few times, I've become curious about learning functional programming (specifically Lisp or O'Caml). However, my half-hearted attempts so far have not helped ...

I’m interested in learning functional programming and would like to know where I might find low-cost programming tools to experiment with.

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

Though tough to define, functional programming can bring real productivity boosts if you can navigate the learning curve ...

Juniper is a functional reactive programming language for the Arduino platform. What that means is that you’ll be writing your code using anonymous functions, map/fold operations, recursion, and ...

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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.

Credit to Multicoreinfo.com for the pointer to this article by Michael Swaine for Dr. Dobb’s that examines functional programming’s merits (and demerits) Michael examines functional languages like ...