functional programming
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- A style of programming associated with languages such as Haskell. Functional programming languages are more closely tied to a mathematical concept of `function' than imperative programming languages. This makes it easier to apply program-proving techniques and logical reasoning to functional programs. In particular, functional programs do not use the concept of variables in the traditional sense, i.e. a memory location whose contents might be changed from time to time as a program executes.
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