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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

I thought it had to do with Indian food

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

TIL a new thing in computer science.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Someone's been watching Primeagen

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

you know it. tho id heard the term working with haskel devs about 10 years ago. they were trying to convert me to the church of curry.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Why is this programmer humour?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! You would not believe how long I've been trying to figure out where the term came from.

The best explanation I'd heard prior to now was that the practice of composing functions was akin to mixing ingredients for curry, (the food) but I'd never really bought that line of reasoning.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey, in my defense, the explanation there was only added in 2022, and I'd already given up looking by then!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

That is a solid defense, I'll give you that.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

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

SPACE!