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Re:Why Functional Programming Should Be the Future of Software by theCodeStig on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @11:12PM (#33446521)
> Not a pure function at all. And not really a function either. Just a mapping.

A function is a mapping of an input to an output.

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Re:Why Functional Programming Should Be the Future of Software by mpweiher on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:55AM (#33448944)
But not all mappings are functions.
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