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In [[computer science]], a [[programming language]] is said to support '''first-class functions''' if it treats [[function (programming)|function]]s as [[first-class object]]s. Specifically, this means that functions can be created during the execution of a program, stored in data structures, passed as arguments to other functions, and returned as the values of other functions.