Hi,
> There are some situations when you can only pass a variable referring
> to a function; with a curry function you can pass a variable that
> refers to a function + arguments.
That is not a big problem with annonymous functions:
takingAFunction(function(a){return mycallback(5,a)});
That is more elaborate but also more flexible than currying:
takingAFunction(function(a){return mycallback(a,5)});
With currying you only get the first variant - at least with weakly typed
languages like JavaScript. With strongly typed languages you run into the
same problem, when two parameters have the same type (pseudocode):
float function mycallback(float a, float b) { return a/b; }
mycallback(42) must produce something equivalent to
float function(float b) { return mycallback(42,b); }
Currying doesn't give you
float function(float a) { return mycallback(a,42); }
Christof
