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In article <1992Aug26.184302.17123@dg-rtp.dg.com>, banksd@hydra.rtp.dg.com (E du^2 + 2F dudv + G dv^2) writes:
|> The discussion of "dope vector"'s etymology reminds me -- what 
|> is the origin of the obligatory "curried add" in lisp examples? 
|> Have you ever encountered this sense of "curry" elsewhere?

Of course this comes from Haskell B. Curry, the American mathematician
and logician who helped make this way of thinking widespread as part
of his (and others') development of combinatory logic.  The act of
currying was invented by Moses Schoenfinkel in 1924. (This comes from
MacLennan's book.)

Guess what else has been done with his name.  Yes, the lazy functional
language Haskell is named for him.

Quel whimsy!

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