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Jargon from the functional programming world in simple terms!
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I am confused (or the 'Value' section is wrong) #159

Closed DanielHeath closed 7 years ago

DanielHeath commented 7 years ago

'Value' is described as Anything that can be assigned to a variable.

In the FP jargon I've heard, a function can be assigned to a variable but is not a value.

Am I just confused/wrong?

GoToLoop commented 7 years ago

For computers everything is a value. A function's value is its contiguous allocated block's starting memory address. That memory address is commonly known as a pointer or reference.

DanielHeath commented 7 years ago

I'm across that end of the stack :) was questioning the FP-jargon aspect (where I've heard 'value type' used to refer to data primitives).

jethrolarson commented 7 years ago

Functions are values. That's what makes them first-class in js

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DanielHeath commented 7 years ago

Thanks :)