Editing Functional programming (section)

=== Education ===
Many [[University|universities]] teach functional programming.<ref name="oxfordFP">{{cite web|url=https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/teaching/courses/2019-2020/fp/|title=Functional Programming: 2019-2020|publisher=University of Oxford Department of Computer Science|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="imperialFP">{{cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/computing/current-students/courses/120_1/|title=Programming I (Haskell)|publisher=Imperial College London Department of Computing|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="nottinghamFP">{{cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ugstudy/course/Computer-Science-BSc#yearsmodules|title=Computer Science BSc - Modules|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="mitFP">{{cite book|last1=Abelson|first1=Hal|author-link1=Hal Abelson|last2=Sussman|first2=Gerald Jay|author-link2=Gerald Jay Sussman |title=Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs |url=http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ |year=1985|publisher=MIT Press|chapter=Preface to the Second Edition|edition=2|bibcode=1985sicp.book.....A |chapter-url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-6.html}}</ref> Some treat it as an introductory programming concept<ref name="mitFP"/> while others first teach imperative programming methods.<ref name="nottinghamFP"/><ref name="61A">{{cite web|url=https://cs61a.org/articles/about.html|title=Computer Science 61A, Berkeley|author=John DeNero|date=Fall 2019|publisher=Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Berkeley|access-date=2020-08-14}}</ref>

Outside of computer science, functional programming is used to teach problem-solving, algebraic and geometric concepts.<ref name="bootstrapworld">{{Triangulation|196|Emmanuel Schanzer of Bootstrap}}</ref> It has also been used to teach classical mechanics, as in the book ''[[Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics]]''.

In particular, [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] has been a relatively popular choice for teaching programming for years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Scheme for Introductory Programming? |url=https://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/class/pbd/testimonials/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=home.adelphi.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=IMACS |date=2011-06-03 |title=What Is Scheme & Why Is it Beneficial for Students? |url=https://www.imacs.org/learn-computer-programming-using-scheme/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=IMACS – Making Better Thinkers for Life |language=en-US}}</ref>