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  1. functional programming - What is the advantage of currying?

    Feb 2, 2013 · Currying is essential for languages that lack data types and have only functions, such as the lambda calculus. While these languages aren't useful for practical use, they're …

  2. A real-life example of using curry function? [closed]

    Dec 25, 2018 · I found currying mostly useful when an external lib function expects a function (e.g callback) that takes a given number of arguments and you have a function (e.g handler) that …

  3. Does groovy call partial application 'currying'?

    Currying refers to taking multiple arguments into a function that takes many arguments, resulting in a new function that takes the remaining arguments and returns a result. halver is your new …

  4. What's special about currying or partial application?

    Currying is about turning/representing a function which takes n inputs into n functions that each take 1 input. Partial application is about fixing some of the inputs to a function. The motivation …

  5. What is the difference between currying and partial function ...

    Jul 19, 2015 · Originally, currying was to simplify analysis, rather than a practical programming technique; in lambda calculus, all functions are unary. Currying is often used at the language …

  6. javascript - Have they missunderstood currying or have I?

    Mar 18, 2013 · Currying and partial application are well defined mathematical terms. Just because a bunch of ignorant (or stupid... or both) people are slinging around these terms like candy …

  7. Is currying too complex a tool to actually use?

    Have to disagree with the statement Curry is sugar, essentially, after all and the implication that currying is complex. Maybe in Javascript that's true (although I find it useful), but in Haskell, …

  8. Why use tuples as function parameters in languages that support …

    In languages that support currying, I can't think of many cases where using a tuple as function input parameters would be better than breaking the tuple apart into multiple parameters, which …

  9. functional programming - Is it possible to have currying and …

    Jun 9, 2015 · I am thinking about making currying and variadic functions both available in a dynamically-typed functional programming language, but I wonder if it is possible or not. Here …

  10. object oriented - Software Engineering Stack Exchange

    Feb 3, 2013 · Method chaining in object oriented languages is a little different from currying. By definition, the result of currying is a more restricted form of the original function. By convention, …