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What are the types of tasks for which Functional Programming paradigm really wins over imperative one? [closed]
During its evolution C# gradually gets more and more features which belong to functional paradigm.
Subjectively these features allow (at least me) to be more productive, fluent and write maintainable ...
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Confusion between F# and C# [duplicate]
I am fairly new to functional programming and C#/F#.
What is unclear to me is: Can you do functional programming in C# and/or in F#?
Or is it something like, you write some OO code in C#, and some FP ...
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In what way are union types better for correctness than a common interface?
I've just recently started familiarising myself with functional programming, mostly via F#, and there's one particular functional idiom that I'm not fully understanding the benefits of. I've seen it ...
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From a high level programming perspective, where does the 'different-paradigm' barrier between C# and F# really kick in?
I'm aware that they both use different programming paradigms, but from a high level perspective apart from differing syntax it seems most basic tasks can be achieved in similar fashion.
I only say ...
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Why is an anemic domain model considered bad in C#/OOP, but very important in F#/FP?
In a blog post on F# for fun and profit, it says:
In a functional design, it is very important to separate behavior from
data. The data types are simple and "dumb". And then separately, you
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Design in "mixed" languages: object oriented design or functional programming?
In the past few years, the languages I like to use are becoming more and more "functional". I now use languages that are a sort of "hybrid": C#, F#, Scala. I like to design my application using ...
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