mathematica是一种函数式编程语言吗？

Question

Is mathematica a functional programming language? what i intend to ask his that i keep reading that mathematica is a conditional rewrite system. I want to know what is this conditional rewrite system?

I also wanted to know whether we can apply the functional programming concepts like continuous passing style, memoization etc using mathematica language?

Answer 1

Mathematica supports multiple programming paradigms (procedural, functional and even object oriented). You can do CPS, memorization etc using the Mathematica language. But Mathematica is more about getting things done. If you want to learn more about the theory behind functional programming, I suggest using Scheme, Haskell, or ML as your vehicle.