Stephen Loosley wrote:
> "Facebook uses functional programming to make News Feeds run smoothly"
>
> Functional programming has been instrumental in helping debug complex code
> issues, one Facebook development team has found
>
> By Joab Jackson 08 July, 2014 http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/549435
Whao ... I was wondering what a Facebook programming article was doing on
AARNET ...
but my brain had a "typo" ...
> Facebook went with a novel programming methodology, called functional
> programming,
Novel, eh?
> The academic community has long championed functional programming as a
> superior technique
Not so novel. Lambda calculus and functional techniques date back to the 50s.
Novel to the reporter does not novel make.
Nontheless, a very interesting article. Thanks Stephen.
cheer
rickw
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