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Article #881Re: thunk's
From: John Kewley ICL
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 13:16
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 13:16
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In article <1151@creatures.cs.vt.edu> lavinus@csgrad.cs.vt.edu () writes:
>Hi out there!
>
>I have a question that has been nagging me for quite some time: why do we
>call closures "thunk"s? I mean, where did that word come from? The only
>two theories I've heard, neither with *any* supporting evidence, are that
>it is an anagram for Knuth, and that perhaps it is a facetious past tense
>of "think". Anyone know??
and, are they they the same as wigglies (what is the derivation of
this term?).
--
J.K.
John M. Kewley, ICL, Wenlock Way, West Gorton, Manchester. M12 5DR
Tel: (+44) 61 223 1301 X2138 Email: jk@cs.man.ac.uk / jk@nw.stl.stc.co.uk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!mucs!jk From: jk@cs.man.ac.uk (John Kewley ICL) Newsgroups: comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: thunk's Message-ID: <2444@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> Date: 23 Apr 91 13:16:49 GMT References: <1151@creatures.cs.vt.edu> Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk Reply-To: jk@cs.man.ac.uk (John Kewley ICL) Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester UK Lines: 18