📕 subnode [[@ryan/20200604222704 functional_programming]] in 📚 node [[20200604222704-functional_programming]]
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  • functional programming is a way of writing code by means of pure functions

  • benefits of functional programming:

    1. Immutability

      • All values derived from old values

    2. Testability

      • Pure functions are easy to test

  • difficulties of functional programming:

    1. unintuivive

      • many people learn programming either imperatively or in an object-oriented manner

    2. impractical?

      • interfacing with "the real world" is challenging

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