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.
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I tried that currying once... Now all my Algorithms are in the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism
SPACE!
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.
Why is this programmer humour?
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.
I thought it had to do with Indian food
TIL a new thing in computer science.
Someone's been watching Primeagen
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.