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==Discovery and Naming==
==Discovery and Naming==


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  mathematician 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 its original discoverer 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].

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Currying

Discovery and Naming

The currying technique was discovered by Moses Schönfinkel[1]. Is was rediscovered by mathematician 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].

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