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| Sooner or later more FP techniques become standard practice as people find |
| the true value of this programming discipline outside the academy and into |
| the mainstream. In as much as structured programming of the 70s and object |
| oriented programming in the 80s and generic programming in the 90s shaped our |
| thoughts towards a more robust sense of software engineering, FP will certainly |
| be a paradigm that will catapult us towards more powerful software design and |
| engineering onward into the new millennium. |
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| Let me quote Doug Gregor of Boost.org. About functional style programming libraries: |
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| <span class="emphasis"><em>They're gaining acceptance, but are somewhat stunted by the ubiquitousness |
| of broken compilers. The C++ community is moving deeper into the so-called |
| "STL- style" programming paradigm, which brings many aspects of |
| functional programming into the fold. Look at, for instance, the Spirit parser |
| to see how such function objects can be used to build Yacc-like grammars |
| with semantic actions that can build abstract syntax trees on the fly. This |
| type of functional composition is gaining momentum.</em></span> |
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| Indeed. Phoenix is another attempt to introduce more FP techniques into the |
| mainstream. Not only is it a tool that will make life easier for the programmer. |
| In its own right, the actual design of the library itself is a model of true |
| C++ FP in action. The library is designed and structured in a strict but clear |
| and well mannered FP sense. By all means, use the library as a tool. But for |
| those who want to learn more about FP in C++, don't stop there, I invite you |
| to take a closer look at the design of the library itself. |
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| So there you have it. Have fun! See you in the FP world. |
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