functional programming

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A deep dive into converting a simple arithmetic expression into a binary tree, leading to a custom language in C.

135 points•birdculture•1 day ago•56 comments•
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As functional programmers we always face a dilemma: should we write purely functional code, or sacrifice purity for efficiency and resort to in-place updates? This paper identifies precisely when we can have the best…

32 points•brendan•over 3 years ago•5 comments
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<p><a href="http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~rjmh/Papers/whyfp.pdf" rel="ugc">Direct link to PDF</a></p>

10 points•av•about 10 years ago•0 comments

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