Intro to Programming Languages 1.3: Why care about functional programming?

Hey class! In this video, we'll learn about functional programming and why YOU should care about it! We'll contrast functional programming with imperative programming, and go over concepts like recursion and higher order functions (HOFs). TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:25 Recursion 2:45 Higher-order functions (HOFs) 5:11 Functions as values 5:41 What's with the λ? 6:33 Why care? 8:03 Summary & Outro Programming Languages course: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdFSN2SxbDcdslCZaoxZvRaiDPKzsYvuq