Editing Applicative programming language

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In the [[programming paradigm|classification of programming languages]], an '''applicative programming language''' is built out of [[Function (computer science)|functions]] applied to [[Argument (computer science)|arguments]]. Applicative languages are [[Functional programming|functional]], and applicative is often used as a synonym for functional.<ref>{{cite conference|title=Logic Programming cum Applicative Programming|first1=Nachum|last1=Dershowitz|first2=David A.|last2=Plaisted|year=1985|book-title=Symposium on Logic Programming|place=Boston, MA|pages=54–66|citeseerx=10.1.1.404.3826}}</ref> However, [[concatenative languages]] can be functional, while not being applicative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://evincarofautumn.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-concatenative-programming-matters.html|title=Why Concatenative Programming Matters|author=Jon Purdy|date=12 February 2012|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref>

The [[Semantics (computer science)|semantics]] of applicative languages are based on [[beta reduction]] of terms, and [[Side effect (computer science)|Side effect]] such as mutation of [[State (computer science)|state]] are not permitted.<ref name="Backus 1977">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1145/359576.359579| title = Can programming be liberated from the von Neumann style?: A functional style and its algebra of programs| journal = Communications of the ACM| volume = 21| issue = 8| pages = 613–641| year = 1978| last1 = Backus | first1 = J. | doi-access = free}}</ref>

[[Lisp programming language|Lisp]] and [[ML programming language|ML]] are applicative programming languages.

==See also==
* [[Applicative universal grammar]]
* [[Function-level programming]]

==References==
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[[Category:Programming language classification]]
[[Category:Applicative computing systems]]