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Eloquent JavaScript
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Eloquent JavaScript

by Marijn Haverbeke
January 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
224 pages
5h 43m
English
No Starch Press
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Chapter 5. Functional Programming

As programs get bigger, they also become more complex and harder to understand. Even the cleverest among us are mere human beings, and a moderate amount of chaos tends to already confuse us. And once confusion sets in, it all goes downhill. Working on something you do not really understand is a bit like cutting random wires on those time-activated bombs they tend to have in movies. If you are lucky, you might get the right one—especially when you’re the hero of the movie and strike a suitably dramatic pose—but there is always the possibility of blowing everything up.

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Thus, the programmer is always looking for ways to keep the complexity of his programs as low as possible. An important way to do this ...

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