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The currying technique was discovered by Moses Schönfinkel[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Sch%C3%B6nfinkel]. Is was rediscovered by logician Haskell Curry[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry]. | The currying technique was discovered by Moses Schönfinkel[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Sch%C3%B6nfinkel]. Is was rediscovered by logician Haskell Curry[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry]. | ||
Christopher Strachey[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Strachey] coined the term "currying" in 1967, after Haskell Curry[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry]. However, it has been proposed to call this technique "Schönfinkelisation", in reference to Moses Schönfinkel[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Sch%C3%B6nfinkel]. | Christopher Strachey[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Strachey] coined the term "currying" in 1967, after Haskell Curry[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry]. However, it has been proposed to call this technique "Schönfinkelisation", in reference to its original discoverer Moses Schönfinkel[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Sch%C3%B6nfinkel]. | ||
=See Also= | =See Also= | ||
Revision as of 23:36, 14 September 2011
Currying
Discovery and Naming
The currying technique was discovered by Moses Schönfinkel[1]. Is was rediscovered by logician Haskell Curry[2].
Christopher Strachey[3] coined the term "currying" in 1967, after Haskell Curry[4]. However, it has been proposed to call this technique "Schönfinkelisation", in reference to its original discoverer Moses Schönfinkel[5].