dimensions-functional-programming

Dimensions of functional programming

Work in progress

• expression-oriented
• purity/referential transparency/lack of order effects (free of time)
  • value semantics/no object identity (free of place)
• anonymous functions
• closures/capturing local environment
• sum types and pattern matching
• tail recursion

See also Gabriella Gonzalez’s “The End of History For Programming”::

• expressions over statements
• pure functions over side effects
• algebraic datatypes over objects
• recursion over loops

https://www.haskellforall.com/2021/04/the-end-of-history-for-programming.html

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Yawar Amin for pointing out tail recursion.