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.
Why is this programmer humour?
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.
I tried that currying once… Now all my Algorithms are in the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism
SPACE!
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currying#History
You could try the Wikipedia page, I suppose. 😆
Hey, in my defense, the explanation there was only added in 2022, and I’d already given up looking by then!
That is a solid defense, I’ll give you that.
TIL a new thing in computer science.
I thought it had to do with Indian food
Someone’s been watching Primeagen
