> It's extremely rare that
replyNot when a language embraces currying fully and then you find that it’s used all the fucking time.
It’s really simple as that: a language makes the currying syntax easy, and programmers use it all the time; a language disallows currying or makes the currying syntax unwieldy, and programmers avoid it.
> It's extremely rare that you need to (printf "%d %d" foo)
replyI write stuff like `map (printf "%d %d" m) ns` all the time. I daresay I even do the map as a partial application, so double currying.
But arguably your intent would be much more clear with something like `map (printf "%d %d" m _) ns` or a lambda.
replyI don't think parent is saying that partial application is bad, far from it. But to a reader it is valuable information whether it's partial or full application.