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FunctionalLanguages.
+A type of ProgrammingLanguage, based loosely on the LambdaCalculus approach to ComputerScience. [FunctionalLanguage]s make the distinction that everything (or near everything) is a function. They often lend to recursion more than iteration. Some examples of
FunctionalLanguages are:
+
+* [Haskell]
+* [Erlang]
+* [ML]
+* [LISP]
+* [XSLT]
+
+Programmers generally choose to code in [ImperativeLanguage]s as they find these easier to make practical applications. It has been theorised that this is because most people learn languages such as [C++], [BASIC], [Java] etc. first and only learn [FunctionalLanguage]s later, never really learning to think like a functional programmer. Perhaps if more programmers were taught to think in a functional style from their infancy we would see more applications written in [FunctionalLanguage]s. Then again, maybe it is just easier to write a useful program in [Python]
.
