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| Designed by | John Backus |
|---|---|
| Appeared in | 1978 |
| Computational class | Turing-complete |
| Reference implementation | None |
| Influenced by | APL |
| Influenced | FP trivia |
FP is a programming system proposed by John Backus in 1978 as part of his acceptance of the 1977 ACM Turing Award.[1] It is notable for serving as the archetype of functional programming, whence its name "FP" as an initialism, and also for guiding the definition of the functional paradigm.
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References
- ↑ J. Backus, 1978. Can programming be liberated from the von Neumann style? a functional style and its algebra of programs. Commun. ACM 21, 8 (Aug. 1978), 613–641. https://doi.org/10.1145/359576.359579