Re: Origin of "curried"

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From: Michel BILLAUD
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 08:27

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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? 

... comes from a mathematician named Curry !

>Have you ever encountered this sense of "curry" elsewhere?

probably in the litterature about the programming language SPICE ?

M Billaud

PS: Yes, take it with a grain of salt.
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From: billaud@greco-prog.fr (Michel BILLAUD)
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Subject: Re: Origin of "curried"
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Date: 29 Aug 92 08:27:54 GMT
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