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		gohrt on Aug 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming languages to watch: LiveScript, Julia,... As usual, the terms are misused. Any discussion of currying vs partial function application needs to start by explicitly stating what the author intends each to mean.

acjohnson55 on Aug 8, 2013 [–]

Fair enough, but is currying "better" than partial function creation in some way?

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