What programming language feature allows functions to be passed as arguments to other functions or returned as results from functions? (programming.dev)

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[-] Ategon@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

Option 3

Higher-Order Functions

[-] Ategon@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Option 4

Memoization

[-] Ategon@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Answer

Maybe a bit too easy haha. The answer is Higher order functions and was correctly guessed by the vast majority of people (13/14)

[-] Ategon@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

Option 1

Monads

[-] Ategon@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

Option 2

Currying

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