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Chapter 3

Functions, Delegates, and Lambda Expressions

WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?

Functions and methods
Considerations for reuse
Anonymous functions and lambda expressions
Extension methods
Referential transparency

Almost all programming languages have a means of defining blocks of code and of declaring certain execution sequences as belonging together, usually for the purpose of reusability as well as for structural and maintenance reasons. The details of these mechanisms vary considerably between languages.

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