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 ...

Academic researchers have published a study investigating the effect of programming languages on software quality, concluding the issue is hard to quantify but also identifying significant findings, ...

Functional programming languages will have a place in general application development when we can read their code at a glance.

Rewrite object-oriented code using functional techniques. Get started with lambdas, method references, functional interfaces, and the Streams API in Java Welcome back to this two-part tutorial ...

OCaml is another popular functional programming language that also supports imperative and object-oriented languages. This allows it to be used by developers more familiar with non-functional ...

The functional programming paradigm, which has been around for decades, has never gone out of style. In this two-part series, we look at Microsoft's implementation, Visual F#.

Scala is an easy transition for those familiar with Java and object-oriented programming. But if you want to learn the basics of functional programming, Scheme is hands-down the best.

What does functional programming actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

What is something you wish you knew when you first started functional programming? This question was originally answered on Quora by Tikhon Jelvis.