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1.FP - functional programming.
2.FP - floating-point.
3.FP - Functional Programming. A combinator-based functional language by John Backus stressing the use of higher-order functions.

Implementation by Andy Valencia. ftp://apple.com/comp.sources.Unix/volume13.

See also FFP, FL, IFP, Berkeley FP.

["Can Programming be Liberated From the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and Its Algebra of Programs", John Backus, 1977 Turing Award Lecture, CACM 21(8):165-180 (Aug 1978)].
4.(programming)FP - Function Point.


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