Tag Archives: Functional Programming

Scala is my next choice

Posted on July 12, 2009 by khelll

I have done Pascal, C, C++, Java, PHP, Ruby, Groovy and recently Scala, which I found it to be a unique language compared to anything else I have ever worked with. My journey with this language started after the Twitter’s … Continue reading →

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Ruby Currying

Posted on May 24, 2009 by khelll

Update: This post was updated to show the difference between Currying and Partial Functions. Currying is a concept in Functional Programming that’s enabled by Higher-order functions. It’s best described as: the ability to take a function that accepts n parameters … Continue reading →

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Ruby and Functional Programming

Posted on May 24, 2009 by khelll

Ruby is known to support the functional paradigm. This article is going to walk you through the Functional Programming page on WikiPedia, to revise the general concepts of functional programming and to explain how Ruby supports them. According to wikipedia, … Continue reading →

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