Design Patterns in .NET: Reusable Approaches in C# and F# for Object-Oriented Software Design

© Dmitri Nesteruk 2019

Dmitri NesterukDesign Patterns in .NEThttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4366-4_2

2. The Functional Perspective

Dmitri Nesteruk¹ 

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St. Petersburg, c.St-Peterburg, Russia

 

The functional paradigm is supported by both the C# and F# languages. Both languages can claim to be multiparadigm because they fully support both object-oriented programming (OOP) and functional programming, although F# has more of a “functional first” mindset with object orientation added for completeness, whereas in C# the integration of functional programming aspects appears to be much more harmonious.

Here we are going to take a very cursory look at functional programming in the C# and F# languages. Some of the material might already be familiar to you; ...