Ceylon includes the functional style of programming called first-order functions.

Ceylon 包含称为一阶函数 的函数式编码样式。

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Higher-order functions offer a higher level of abstraction than object-oriented concepts.

高阶函数提供比面向对象概念更高层次的抽象。

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The problems amenable to solution by using higher-order functions aren't unique to functional languages.

适合采用高阶函数来解决的问题不仅限于函数式语言中。

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So now it's not just that the on-off switch is stuck in off, the brain's no longer capable of engaging in these higher order P-functions.

所以现在看来就不是开关被卡住，大脑已经不再有能力,实行这些高级的人格功能。

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