From: James Herdman <james.herdman@...>
Date: 2006-02-22T02:28:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Murray - Sub::Curry on Ruby Acid

On 2006-02-21 12:08:22 -0500, "henon" <meinrad.recheis@gmail.com> said:

> cool naming, nice functionality, easy using.
> AFAIK this is a instantiation of the Design Pattern called "Command" by
> the Gang of Four.
> i can not imagine a problem where i needed such flexible argument list.
> can anyone provide a motivation example in ruby?
> i'd suggest to add a small sample of usage to the docs.
> -- henon

I'm not entirely sure where you'd use this sort of feature either, but 
for the uninformed (such as myself)...

1.  A snazzy article on Currying in Wikipedia >> 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currying
2.  The "Command" design pattern >> 
http://www.exciton.cs.rice.edu/JavaResources/DesignPatterns/command.htm

James