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Hands-On Functional Programming with C++

You're reading from   Hands-On Functional Programming with C++ An effective guide to writing accelerated functional code using C++17 and C++20

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789807332
Length 358 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alexandru Bolboaca Alexandru Bolboaca
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Preface 1. Section 1: Functional Building Blocks in C++ FREE CHAPTER
2. An Introduction to Functional Programming 3. Understanding Pure Functions 4. Deep Dive into Lambdas 5. The Idea of Functional Composition 6. Partial Application and Currying 7. Section 2: Design with Functions
8. Thinking in Functions - from Data in to Data out 9. Removing Duplication with Functional Operations 10. Improving Cohesion Using Classes 11. Test-Driven Development for Functional Programming 12. Section 3: Reaping the Benefits of Functional Programming
13. Performance Optimization 14. Property-Based Testing 15. Refactoring to and through Pure Functions 16. Immutability and Architecture - Event Sourcing 17. Section 4: The Present and Future of Functional Programming in C++
18. Lazy Evaluation Using the Ranges Library 19. STL Support and Proposals 20. Standard Language Support and Proposals 21. Assessments 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

OOP versus functional design styles

An important part of my job is to work with programmers and help them to improve the way they write code. To do so, I try my best to come up with simple explanations for complex ideas. I have one such explanation for software design. Software design is, for me, the way we structure the code such that we optimize it for business purposes.

I like this definition because it's plain and short. But one thing bugged me after I started experimenting with functional constructs; that is, functional programming leads to code such as the following:

const Sums sumsWithFunctionalLoopsSimplified(const vector<int>& numbers){
Sums theTotals(
sum(filter(numbers, isEven)),
sum(filter(numbers, isOdd)),
sum(numbers)
);
return theTotals;
}

Writing similar code in OOP style would most likely mean creating classes and using...

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