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Specialty Expressions: HIGHER-ORDER FUNCTION

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Higher-order functionComputingHigher-order function (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as argument and/or return a function as its value. E.g.map in (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying function f to each of the elements of list l. See also curried function. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..

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