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Developed byJohn McCarthy
Founded1958
Use casemathematical function-based programming approach avoiding state changes and mutable data
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Functional Programming

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Programming paradigm that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions

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pure functions○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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primary use case

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mathematical function-based programming approach avoiding state changes and mutable data○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Writing programs using mathematical functions and avoiding state changes○UnverifiedHighFresh1

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influenced by

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Mathematics○UnverifiedHighFresh1
mathematical function theory○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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imperative programming○UnverifiedHighFresh1
object-oriented programming○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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lambda calculus○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

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1958○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

developed by

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John McCarthy○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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