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In the previous instalment of Category Theory for Programmers we talked about the category of types and functions. If you're new to the series, here's the Table of Contents. You can get real appreciation for categories by studying a variety of examples. Categories come in all shapes and sizes and often pop up in unexpected...
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Some characteristics of functional programming
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A lot of people who like functional programming often give the reason that the functional style is simply more elegant than the imperative style. When compelled or inspired to explain (as I did in my old post, How I Learned to Love Functional Programming), they often point to the three "higher-order" functions map, fold, and filter, as providing a unifying framework for writing and reasoning about programs. But how unifying are they, really?
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Once barely regarded as a real programming language, JavaScript's role in chemistry is growing quickly.
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