Many Python fans have longed for the language to adopt functional programming features. Now they can get those features without having to switch to a new Python implementation. Coconut, a newly ...

Lambdascript, a pure functional language built atop Python 3, provides a bridge between Python and functional programming, in yet another nod to a software development paradigm that has been ...

Map and reduce. Loops are not a thing in functional programming. Consider these Python loops: For the simple operations that you’re trying to do, this code is rather long.

Overview The right Python libraries can dramatically improve speed, efficiency, and maintainability in 2025 ...

Chapter 6: Functions and Functional Programming Substantial programs are broken up into functions for better modularity and ease of maintenance. Python makes it easy to define functions but also ...

From imperative programming came the languages C, Java and Python, while functional programming gave us Lisp, Haskell and F#.