
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 …
A real-life example of using curry function? [closed]
Dec 25, 2018 · The whole point of currying is the observation that any function of n parameters can be rewritten as a function of n-1 parameters which returns a function that takes the nth …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
javascript - The difference between bind and _.curry - Software ...
Jul 21, 2015 · 2 So JavaScript's bind supports currying, but most people use some other library like lodash or ramda to do currying. From first impression It seems like bind supports context …
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 …
What is the difference between currying and partial function ...
Jul 19, 2015 · I understand the difference between partial function application and a curried function (f(X x Y x Z) -> N vs f(X -> (Y -> (Z -> N)))), but I do not see what the consequence of …
Unknown number of arguments in currying - Software …
Aug 24, 2016 · 2 Hypothetical situation - can a currying function have an unknown number of arguments (kind of like varargs) Eg in Python: