Four key concepts are essential for understanding Clojure’s functional programming paradigm. Here’s how to apply what you know about Java to learning Clojure. Clojure is one of the most fascinating ...

Elixir is a functional programming language built on the Erlang virtual machine, BEAM. Its association with Erlang, a language known for its ability to provide fault tolerance and scalability in ...

This month's column diverges from the normal pattern of covering my struggles with technology. When I started this column, I was really looking forward to the Software Development issue, because I was ...

Functional programming languages work on an entirely different level than widely understood procedural and object-oriented programming techniques. The functional language approach is to create ...