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Everything about Function (computer programming)
Sequence of program instructions invokable by other software
In computer programming, a function is a callable unit of software logic that has a well-formed interface and behavior and can be invoked multiple times. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Function (computer programming)A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Purely functional data structuresThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Computer Programming Language Solution to a Transportation Problem Involving a Concave Cost FunctionCited 1 times
- Go sideways: Tail callA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Call stackA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Purely functional data structuresChris Okasaki · 1998- 📕Programming in HaskellGraham Hutton · 2006
Clojure programmingChas Emerick · 2012
Functional JavaScriptMichael Fogus · 2013
The Haskell School of ExpressionPaul Hudak · 2000
The Little TyperDaniel P. Friedman, David Thrane Christiansen · 2018
HaskellSimon Thompson · 1996- 📕Thinking Functionally with HaskellRichard Bird · 2014
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