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Higher-order programming

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Higher Order Programming is programming that exploits the ability to use functions as values; it is usually borrowed from models of computation like the lambda calculus which make heavy use of Higher-order functions.

For example, in High Order Programming, one can pass functions as arguments to other functions and functions can be the return value of other functions. This style of programming is mostly used in functional programming, but it can also be very useful in 'regular' object oriented programming. Prominent examples of languages supporting this are the Ruby programming language, all the Lisp programming languages (such as the Scheme programming language), and Haskell.

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