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The "Curry" in "Currying" is a reference to logician Haskell Curry

lol i always thought it was an interface courier.

I heard people say couriering.

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 20 points 6 months ago

For those of us inclined to fish nets... Tim Curry is also a fair reference.

But yes - Haskell Curry has leant his name to Haskell and Currying.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 16 points 6 months ago

I tried that currying once... Now all my Algorithms are in the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism

SPACE!

[-] walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Funny thing is that when the creators of the language told H.C.'s widow about it, she said he never really was fond of his name.

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