Design Patterns in .NET Core 3: Reusable Approaches in C# and F# for Object-Oriented Software Design

© Dmitri Nesteruk 2020

D. NesterukDesign Patterns in .NET Core 3https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6180-4_2

2. The Functional Perspective

Dmitri Nesteruk¹  

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St. Petersburg, c.St-Petersburg, Russia

 

The functional paradigm is supported by both the C# and F# languages. Both languages can claim to be multiparadigm since they fully support both OOP and functional programming, though 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 may already be familiar to you; in that case, feel free to ...