functionsand
Functionsand is a term used in some discussions of software design to describe a pattern in which functions and the data they operate on are treated as interdependent, coequal elements in a computation. Proponents emphasize placing pure functions close to the data they transform, supporting straightforward composition, testability, and traceability of data flow. The concept is not tied to a single language or framework and, in practice, is described in varied ways across blogs, lecture notes, and experimental projects.
Origin and status: The term is not widely standardized and does not appear in major programming encyclopedias.
Patterns and examples: In a functionsand approach, a developer designs small, pure functions that take data
Relation and critique: Functionsand is often discussed alongside dataflow programming, map-reduce pipelines, and the broader functional
See also: functional programming, dataflow, pipelines, referential transparency, software design patterns.