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Lambda Calculus Through JavaScript, Part 4

Xebia

This is the fourth post in the Lambda Calculus Through JavaScript series. If you’re just joining us, make sure to go back and start with Lambda calculus through JavaScript, part 1. As usual, we’ll discover that lambda calculus gives us the ingredients to introduce this concept without extending the language, just by translation.

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Lambda Calculus Through JavaScript, Part 2

Xebia

The previous post in this series introduced the constraints we had to obey to use JavaScript as untyped lambda calculus , and then we relaxed some of those constraints via currying (for functions of more than one argument) and translation (to turn const local variables into a combination of functions).

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What is functional programming?

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It has long seemed to me that functional programming is, essentially, programming viewed as mathematics. Many ideas in functional programming came from Alonzo Church’s Lambda Calculus, which significantly predates anything that looks remotely like a modern computer. You may be wondering “what about loops?

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Lambda World Cádiz 18: Highlights

Apiumhub

Lambda world Cádiz , one of the most important conferences on functional programming in Europe, took place in Cádiz on October 25 and 26. Lambda World started with an unconference where several people gave lightning talks. Lambda World unconference . Lambda World workshops. The workshops were of a high level!

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IBM and AWS Partnership Accelerates Cloud Modernization

CIO

Given the variety of factors and business outcomes, it’s a complex exercise to determine what applications should be rewritten for native cloud, refactored to better leverage cloud’s benefits, or alternatively, rehosted or relocated to gain essential advantages. The mandate for modernization is clear, but the pathway is still ill-defined.

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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Xebia

While SQL is used, the primary processing is done with programming languages like Java, Scala and Python. They must understand both data access and security, exercising the principle of least privilege. Kappa Architecture (2014) The Kappa Architecture was proposed as a response to the shortcomings of the Lambda architecture.

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Learning to Love Audit and Compliance - It’s Possible

Tenable

As a result, audits and compliance exercises can cause delays and anxiety for security and compliance teams. It is even more difficult to isolate compliance issues like a publicly exposed Lambda service or poor access management, let alone prioritize which one needs to be fixed first.