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Learning Java Functional Programming

You're reading from   Learning Java Functional Programming Create robust and maintainable Java applications using the functional style of programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783558483
Length 296 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Richard M Reese Richard M Reese
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Learning Java Functional Programming
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About the Author
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Preface
1. Getting Started with Functional Programming FREE CHAPTER 2. Putting the Function in Functional Programming 3. Function Composition and Fluent Interfaces 4. Streams and the Evaluation of Expressions 5. Recursion Techniques in Java 8 6. Optional and Monads 7. Supporting Design Patterns Using Functional Programming 8. Refactoring, Debugging, and Testing 9. Bringing It All Together Index

Recursion and humor


It is hard to resist passing on various recursion-related humor. This is a short discussion of recursion and how humor has been applied to it. Sources of recursion humor can be a found at:

For example, if you google the term, recursion, you can get the following response:

In some books, an index for the term recursion will sometimes include the current page number. You may find an entry for recursion which leads to itself:

Recursion – See Recursion

Found in several places, including some T-shirts, is the following:

Recursive acronyms are fairly common. One list can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym. Perhaps one of the best-known recursive acronyms is for GNU: GNU's Not Unix.

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What we learn from history is...

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