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Again, your description refers to "partial application", which is different from currying. I think that many people are comfortable with "currying" only because
by jonlachlan 11y ago
Again, your description refers to "partial application", which is different from currying. I think that many people are comfortable with "currying" only because they think it's the same as partial application. The fact that this is incorrect is good reason to revisit the term.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> I think that many people are comfortable with "currying" only because they think it's the same as partial application. If currying was the same as partial application, I'd say we don't need the name "currying" and can just use "partial application". So I guess you could say that I am comfortable with currying only because I don't think it is the same as partial application.
- jonlachlan 11y agoGood point. It's a bit of a wonder why so many people think of them as equivalent (perhaps they thought currying was a convenient shorthand for partial application). I'm comfortable with a simple campaign to clarify the difference, and I think my suggested terms would be helpful to accomplish that (so rather than replacements, simply informal descriptions of the term).