When Rich Hickey created Clojure he did so because he wanted a Lisp language that used immutable data structures by default, that was designed with concurrency in mind, and was compatible with an ...

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This month's column diverges from the normal pattern of covering my struggles with technology. When I started this column, I was really looking forward to the Software Development issue, because I was ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

While you might not have heard of functional programing language Clojure, Center City-based partner ecosystem platform Crossbeam’s engineers call it the company’s “secret sauce.” “Clojure was ...

Frege, a functional language on the JVM, wants to give Scala a run for its money and entice developers. Spotlighted during a session at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week, Frege is pure ...

Functional programming can offer a more productive style of software development, but it takes some getting used to. With the functional paradigm, which is enabled in languages like Haskell, Scala, ...

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A programming language that is based primarily on writing algorithms (functions). The syntax of functional programming (FP) is mathematical, and the languages are used for applications such as ...