Functional Programming

Functional programmingis a programming style that emphasizes the combination of functions to producevaluesas opposed to the sequential evaluation of commands and the modification ofvariables. One advantage of functional programming is that functional programs are often easier to reason about than no...

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Published in:Algorithmic Composition p. 125
Main Authors: Simoni, Mary, Dannenberg, Roger B
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: United States University of Michigan Press 02.01.2013
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Arts
Audio equipment
Audio interfaces
Audiovisual equipment
Consonant intervals
Controlled vocabularies
Electronic equipment
Electronics
Flutes
Keywords
Language
Lexicology
Linguistics
Lutes
Mathematical expressions
Mathematical functions
Mathematical independent variables
Mathematical values
Mathematical variables
Mathematics
MIDI
Music
Music theory
Musical instruments
Musical intervals
Musical pitch
Octaves
Perfect intervals
Performing arts
String instruments
Subject terms
Terminology
Violins
Wind instruments
ISBN:9780472118687, 0472118684, 0472035231, 9780472035236
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Summary:Functional programmingis a programming style that emphasizes the combination of functions to producevaluesas opposed to the sequential evaluation of commands and the modification ofvariables. One advantage of functional programming is that functional programs are often easier to reason about than non-functional alternatives. This chapter introduces some functional programming concepts and illustrates their use in computing scores. Lisp was one of the first languages to support functional programming, and by encouraging functional programming, Lisp has had a tremendous impact on many modern languages such as Java, Python, and ML. The main attraction of functional programming is that
ISBN:9780472118687
0472118684
0472035231
9780472035236