Re: Questions - Higer Order Functions

On Apr 30, 7:19 am, "rig...@xxxxxxxxx" <rig...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
1. Is a higher order function:
a) a function that can take as a parameter another function
b) a function that returns a function
c) both?
http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/search.pl?query=Higher+order+function
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher-order_function
2. In practice, are functions that return functions used frequently?
In languages that support them like lisp , joy, j, haskell etc. yes
they are.
else no.

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