Pure functions are basic coding building blocks within a program. A pure function is predictable, adaptable, and produce no side effects. Impure functions have the ability to mutate a property or ...

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Functional programming has been around for the last 60 years, but so far it’s always been a niche phenomenon. Although game-changers like Google rely on its key concepts, the average programmer of ...

Once more unto the breach, Dan tries to dispel the notion that C++ is a purely object-oriented language in which all classes must use virtual functions. Object-oriented programming employs a ...