In case you've never seen a SQL Server higher order function: CREATE FUNCTION dbo.Factorial_recur3(@N BIGINT) RETURNS BIGINT AS BEGIN RETURN (IIF(@N<=1,1,@N*dbo.Factorial_recur3(@N-1))); END; GO #fp #function #functional #higherorderfunction

Just finished this. Good Read. #pvsnp #complexity #nastyfast

Good video about #functionalprogramming #Clojure

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Boom! Inline Scalar UDFs! https://t.co/pWKvvp0Kzf #SQLServer #SQLPerformance #pureFunctions

Article: What You Need to Know about Distinct Windowed Aggregate Calculations

Very tweet worthy SSC article SQL Login Password Audit - https://t.co/IwPTYJYC9t #SQLServer #passwordsecurity #SecureYourself

Me: anyone feel like their being watched CIA: *they're

#Uber is down all you #Lift & #via drivers best get busy. #punkprogrammers

Complete list of trace flags by @mssqltiger

Congrats to Cubs owner @cameronesposito and her commitment to analytics, really a blueprint for how to build a team in the modern era.

Nasty Fast N-Grams (Part 1): Character-Level Unigrams - https://t.co/cjNWkyr5Vn #sql #SQLServer #datamining text #analytics #MachineLearning

Just read: Introduction to U-SQL and Azure Data Lakes - SQLServerCentral https://t.co/j5fSV7Tj6Z #sql #Azure #datalake #CloudComputing

Azure Machine Learning - Your first experiment - SQLServerCentral https://t.co/xsxMDrhvwh #MachineLearning #Azure #PredictiveAnalytics

My First SQLServerCentral artcile: Nasty Fast PERCENT_RANK - https://t.co/iPEn7I31uW #analytics in #SQLServer, #data #SQL2016 #database

A #DataScience Declaration + an inspiring quote for #DataScientists: https://t.co/OKXbyWSeBF #BigData is a vast sea

Another amazing Itzik Ben Gan article: https://t.co/9rNxjCBBzK via @SQLServerMag #SQLServer #aggregates #SQLServer2016 #sql #nastyfast

New T-SQL Fixed Width "Splitter" - SQLServerCentral https://t.co/kCHWitTWhq #SQLServer #SQL #TextMining #strings #sqlperformance

Finally! A T-SQL Translate function for SQL Server @SQLServerCentrl https://t.co/GEASlKbx3o #TextMining #SQLServer #tallytable #sql