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Anonymous function
In computer programming, an anonymous function (function literal, lambda abstraction, or lambda expression) is a function definition that is not bound to an identifier.
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APL syntax and symbols
The programming language APL is distinctive in being symbolic rather than lexical: its primitives are denoted by symbols, not words.
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Arrow (computer science)
In computer science, arrows or bolts are a type class used in programming to describe computations in a pure and declarative fashion.
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Boo (programming language)
Boo is an object-oriented, statically typed, general-purpose programming language that seeks to make use of the Common Language Infrastructure's support for Unicode, internationalization, and web applications, while using a Python-inspired syntax and a special focus on language and compiler extensibility.
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C Sharp (programming language)
C# (/si: ʃɑːrp/) is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines.
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Callable object
A callable object, in computer programming, is any object that can be called like a function.
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Callback (computer programming)
In computer programming, a callback, also known as a "call-after" function, is any executable code that is passed as an argument to other code, which is expected to call back (execute) the argument at a given time.
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Chris Lattner
Chris Lattner (born 1978) is an American software developer, best known as the main author of LLVM and related projects, such as the compiler Clang and the programming language Swift.
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Clojure
Clojure (like "closure") is a dialect of the Lisp programming language.
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Closure (computer programming)
In programming languages, a closure (also lexical closure or function closure) is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language with first-class functions.
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Code as data
In computer science, the expressions code as data and data as code may refer to.
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Common Lisp
Common Lisp (CL) is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in ANSI standard document ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R2004) (formerly X3.226-1994 (R1999)).
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Cons
In computer programming, is a fundamental function in most dialects of the Lisp programming language.
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Continuation-passing style
In functional programming, continuation-passing style (CPS) is a style of programming in which control is passed explicitly in the form of a continuation.
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Covariance and contravariance (computer science)
Many programming language type systems support subtyping.
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Fexpr
In Lisp programming languages, a fexpr is a function whose operands are passed to it without being evaluated.
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First class
First class (or 1st class, Firstclass) generally implies a high level of service, importance or quality.
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First-class citizen
In programming language design, a first-class citizen (also type, object, entity, or value) in a given programming language is an entity which supports all the operations generally available to other entities.
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First-class message
In object-oriented programming, a programming language is said to have first-class messages or dynamic messages if in a method call not only the receiving object and parameter list can be varied dynamically (i.e. bound to a variable or computed as an expression) but also the specific method invoked.
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Funarg problem
In computer science, the funarg problem refers to the difficulty in implementing first-class functions (functions as first-class objects) in programming language implementations so as to use stack-based memory allocation of the functions.
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Function composition (computer science)
In computer science, function composition (not to be confused with object composition) is an act or mechanism to combine simple functions to build more complicated ones.
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Function object
In computer programming, a function object is a construct allowing an object to be invoked or called as if it were an ordinary function, usually with the same syntax (a function parameter that can also be a function).
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Function pointer
A function pointer, also called a subroutine pointer or procedure pointer, is a pointer that points to a function.
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Function type
In computer science, a function type (or arrow type or exponential) is the type of a variable or parameter to which a function has or can be assigned, or an argument or result type of a higher-order function taking or returning a function.
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Functional programming
In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm—a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs—that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids changing-state and mutable data.
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Higher-order function
In mathematics and computer science, a higher-order function (also functional, functional form or functor) is a function that does at least one of the following.
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Index of object-oriented programming articles
This is a list of terms found in object-oriented programming.
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JavaScript
JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a high-level, interpreted programming language.
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K (programming language)
K is a proprietary array processing programming language developed by Arthur Whitney and commercialized by Kx Systems.
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Lambda calculus
Lambda calculus (also written as λ-calculus) is a formal system in mathematical logic for expressing computation based on function abstraction and application using variable binding and substitution.
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List of educational programming languages
An educational programming language is a programming language that is designed mostly as an instrument for learning, and less as a tool for writing programs to perform work.
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List of programming languages for artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence researchers have developed several specialized programming languages for artificial intelligence.
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Loose coupling
In computing and systems design a loosely coupled system is one in which each of its components has, or makes use of, little or no knowledge of the definitions of other separate components.
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Lout (software)
Lout is a batch document formatter invented by Jeffrey H. Kingston.
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Lua (programming language)
Lua (from meaning moon) is a lightweight, multi-paradigm programming language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.
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Man or boy test
The man or boy test was proposed by computer scientist Donald Knuth as a means of evaluating implementations of the ALGOL 60 programming language.
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Map (higher-order function)
In many programming languages, map is the name of a higher-order function that applies a given function to each element of a list, returning a list of results in the same order.
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MiniD
The MiniD programming language is a small, lightweight, extension language in the vein of Lua or Squirrel, but designed to be used mainly with the D programming language.
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Miranda (programming language)
Miranda is a lazy, purely functional programming language designed by David Turner as a successor to his earlier programming languages SASL and KRC, using some concepts from ML and Hope.
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ML (programming language)
ML (Meta Language) is a general-purpose functional programming language.
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Non-local variable
In programming language theory, a non-local variable is a variable that is not defined in the local scope.
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Parser combinator
In computer programming, a parser combinator is a higher-order function that accepts several parsers as input and returns a new parser as its output.
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Partial application
In computer science, partial application (or partial function application) refers to the process of fixing a number of arguments to a function, producing another function of smaller arity.
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Perl
Perl is a family of two high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages, Perl 5 and Perl 6.
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PHP syntax and semantics
The PHP syntax and semantics are the format (syntax) and the related meanings (semantics) of the text and symbols in the PHP programming language.
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Polish notation
Polish notation (PN), also known as normal Polish notation (NPN), Łukasiewicz notation, Warsaw notation, Polish prefix notation or simply prefix notation, is a mathematical notation in which operators precede their operands, in contrast to reverse Polish notation (RPN) in which operators follow their operands.
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POP-11
POP-11 is a reflective, incrementally compiled programming language with many of the features of an interpreted language.
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Primitive data type
In computer science, primitive data type is either of the following.
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Procedural parameter
In computing, a procedural parameter is a parameter of a procedure that is itself a procedure.
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Procedural programming
Procedural programming is a programming paradigm, derived from structured programming, based upon the concept of the procedure call.
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Purely functional programming
In computer science, purely functional programming usually designates a programming paradigm—a style of building the structure and elements of computer programs—that treats all computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions.
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Python syntax and semantics
The syntax of the Python programming language is the set of rules that defines how a Python program will be written and interpreted (by both the runtime system and by human readers).
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Racket (programming language)
Racket (formerly PLT Scheme) is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language in the Lisp-Scheme family.
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Record (computer science)
In computer science, a record (also called a structure, struct, or compound data) is a basic data structure.
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Scheme (programming language)
Scheme is a programming language that supports multiple paradigms, including functional programming and imperative programming, and is one of the two main dialects of Lisp.
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Scope (computer science)
In computer programming, the scope of a name binding – an association of a name to an entity, such as a variable – is the region of a computer program where the binding is valid: where the name can be used to refer to the entity.
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Scratch (programming language)
Scratch is a visual programming language and online community targeted primarily at children.
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Snap! (programming language)
Snap! is a free, blocks- and browser-based educational graphical programming language that allows students to create interactive animations, games, stories, and more, while learning about mathematical and computational ideas.
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Strategy pattern
In computer programming, the strategy pattern (also known as the policy pattern) is a behavioral software design pattern that enables selecting an algorithm at runtime.
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Swift (programming language)
Swift is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple Inc. for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and Linux.
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System U
In mathematical logic, System U and System U− are pure type systems, i.e. special forms of a typed lambda calculus with an arbitrary number of sorts, axioms and rules (or dependencies between the sorts).
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Timeline of United States inventions (after 1991)
A timeline of United States inventions (after 1991) encompasses the ingenuity and innovative advancements of the United States within a historical context, dating from the Contemporary era to the present day, which have been achieved by inventors who are either native-born or naturalized citizens of the United States.
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Type signature
In computer science, a type signature or type annotation defines the inputs and outputs for a function, subroutine or method.
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