The birth of a brand new recipe
Historical rule-breakers who invented famous functions
Designing your custom logic step by step
Weird and wonderful functions from the real world
007skaty The Return Statement
It stops the active function when its calculations end, And returns the final value that you wanted it to send.
007skaty Every mathematical function operates as an input-output machine, like a toaster, letting you invent new ones by defining unique rules.
007skaty Creating new programming functions solved the complex 3D rendering limits of Quake III.
007skaty Plug custom inputs into your code to master building functions that never existed before.
Fast math: John Carmack's fast inverse square root function used a strange hexadecimal constant to calculate lighting angles.
If a function is defined as 'predictable,' what must it do when given the exact same input twice?
What term did Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz introduce in 1692 to describe mathematical relationships?
Which 1996 video game prompted developers to create the famous 'Fast Inverse Square Root' function for fast lighting?
Why did developers have to invent a custom function for Quake III instead of using standard computer math?
What is the formal programming term for the placeholder inputs that a function receives?
Why is it important to restrict a custom function's inputs to only necessary data?
Which programming language, invented by John McCarthy in 1958, pioneered the idea that almost everything should return a value?