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EPISODE · Mar 25, 2019 · 15 MIN

What are first-class functions?

from The Eric Normand Podcast · host Eric Normand

For audio, video, and text transcripts: https://lispcast.com/what-are-first-class-functions/

First-class functions are functions that can be treated like any other value. You can pass them to functions as arguments, return them from functions, and save them in variables. In this episode, we talk about why they are important for functional programming and what features we require of them

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