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higher-order function en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A function that takes one or more functions as an input, and returns a function as a result.
   • A higher-order function is a function that operates on other functions instead of on data values. Some of these take data arguments and manufacture functions to order; others, like the imap() function of Chapter 4, transform one function into another one. 2005, Mark Jason Dominus, Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 325:

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Synonyms

HOF

Translations (2)

de Funktion höherer Ordnung (high-order function) · sh funkcija višeg reda (high-order function)