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-====== Functional Language ​====== +===== Functional Language ===== 
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-A **Functional Language** is a programming language built over and around logical functions or procedures within its programming structure. It is based on and is similar to mathematical functions in its program flow.+A **Functional Language** is a [[dido:​public:​ra:​xapend:​xapend.a_glossary:​p:​programlang|programming language]] built over and around logical functions or procedures within its programming structure. It is based on and is similar to mathematical functions in its program flow.
  
-Functional languages derive their basic structure from the mathematical framework of Lambda calculus and combinatory logic. Erlang, ​LISP, Haskell and Scala are the most well-known functional languages.+Functional languages derive their basic structure from the mathematical framework of Lambda calculus and combinatory logic. Erlang, ​[[dido:​public:​ra:​xapend:​xapend.a_glossary:​l:​lisp]], Haskell and Scala are the most well-known functional languages.
  
  
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