On Jun 10, 2007, at 6:16 , Andrew Coppin wrote:
OK, so this doesn't actually have anything to do with programming
in Haskell, but...
How in the name of God does a human being end up walking around
with a name like "Haskell B. Curry"?
You're pretty close, actually :) Names derived from Hebrew were
fairly common in the Bible belt back when he was born. ("Haskell"
from השקל, wisdom. I half suspect "Curry" has a Biblical origin
as well, from קרי.)
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brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
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