The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

The first programming languages had procedure calls, or subroutine calls instead of function calls. They are declared like a goto label is declared in C/C++, the only difference is that a special ...

Continuing with our programming series, we will talk about Function – much of all that it entails. Understanding functions is important if you want to learn how to code. The same applies to current ...

We’ll start by creating small programs for our very own video game to show how statements Today, Carrie Anne is going to start our overview of the fundamental building blocks of programming languages.

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. If you want to master functional programming, the best place to start is with the Java Function ...

Functional language based on ‘content-addressed code’ promises to simplify distributed programming and eliminate builds and ...

One Wall Street firm found computational success not on the traditional path of enterprise Java, but in an obscure functional programming language called Caml, which offered the perfect tradeoff of ...

Let’s start right off with a controversial claim: Forth is the hacker’s programming language. Coding in Forth is a little bit like writing assembly language, interactively, for a strange CPU ...

These innovative alternatives to the popular languages are gaining steam—and one of them could be the perfect fit for your next project. A clean slate. A fresh start. The new broom sweeps clean. The ...

Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That’s when mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the ...