What is lambda? You may know that it’s the eleventh letter in the Greek alphabet. Perhaps you recall from Physics that it’s the symbol used to represent wavelength in calculations, or you might have ...

The addition of durable execution to the popular serverless compute service is a big step forward, but beware the lock-in ...

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A lot of programming languages these days feature lambda functions, or what I would be just as happy to call anonymous functions. Some people make a big deal out of these but the core idea is very ...

With new support for named functions, LAMBDA and helper functions, spreadsheet calculations — especially with arrays — may be more efficient and elegant. Image: Andy Wolber/TechRepublic. In August ...

A first-hand, step-by-step look at the ease and simplicity of Amazon's "function as a service" platform Why would a developer use AWS Lambda? In a word, simplicity. AWS Lambda—and other event-driven, ...

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Amazon Web Services has announced AWS Lambda serverless function support for its automated vulnerability management service, Amazon Inspector, and a new automated sensitive data discovery capability ...