[R] The meaning of functional language

hadley wickham h.wickham at gmail.com
Tue Oct 18 16:15:36 CEST 2005


> It's often heard that the S language is a  functional language.But What's the exact meaning of this termology in the context of S language?

For general computer science definitions, wikipedia is normally useful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_language

Hadley




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