6.4.3 - Functional Languages
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Practice Questions
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What is the main focus of functional languages?
💡 Hint: Think about what it emphasizes regarding data and functions.
Can you name one functional programming language?
💡 Hint: Some examples were mentioned earlier.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What programming concept emphasizes treating functions as first-class citizens?
💡 Hint: Think about what defines this programming paradigm.
True or False: In functional programming, data is often immutable.
💡 Hint: Recall how data is treated in this paradigm.
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Challenge Problems
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Create a simple functional program that calculates the Fibonacci sequence using recursion. Explain how the recursion works.
💡 Hint: Think about how the function calls itself to solve smaller parts of the problem.
Discuss a scenario in which immutability might reduce bugs in a program. Provide detailed reasoning.
💡 Hint: Consider multi-threading and the potential issues with shared data.
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