Is “map” a loop?

Question

While answering this question, I came to realize that I was not sure whether Perl\'s map can be considered a loop or not?

On one hand, it quacks/walks l

Answer 1

A map in Perl is a higher order function that applies a given function to all elements of an array and returns the modified array.

Whether this is implemented using an iterative loop or by recursion or any other way is not relevant and unspecified.

So a map is not a loop, though it may be implemented using a loop.