Thanks. There are at least two, if not three, good uses for currying in a non-FP language in there.

And, FWIW, I really like the name .assuming for the triggering method.

As always when you step in a with such enlightenments, my brain goes into immediate overdrive thinking about the possibilities.

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In reply to Re^15: Near-free function currying in Perl by BrowserUk
in thread Near-free function currying in Perl by tmoertel

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