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		tsss on July 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Data-Oriented Design (2018) No. Functional programming is programming with functions as values. It is not incompatible with data hiding (for example through modules).

butterNaN on July 9, 2023 [–]

"Programming with functions as values" is merely one of the side effects, a feature, of writing your programs functionally. It does not define the paradigm.

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