That could have worked :)

lambdas , lambda
The first lambda language to go mainstream ?

a new keyword "lambda language"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_language#Lambda_calculus_and_programming_languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_language#Anonymous_functions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_function
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_function#Closures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_function#Currying
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_function#Perl
Perl 5 supports anonymous functions, as follows: 

(sub { print "I got called\n" })->();         # 1. fully anonymous, ca
+lled as created
 
my $squarer = sub { my $x = shift; $x * $x }; # 2. assigned to a varia
+ble
 
sub curry {
    my ($sub, @args) = @_;
    return sub { $sub->(@args, @_) };         # 3. as a return value o
+f another function
}
 
# example of currying in Perl
sub sum { my $tot = 0; $tot += $_ for @_; $tot } # returns the sum of 
+its arguments
my $curried = curry \&sum, 5, 7, 9;
print $curried->(1,2,3), "\n";    # prints 27 ( = 5 + 7 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 
+3 )

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In reply to Re^5: Simplifying repeated parameter lists (lambdas, anonymous functions, closures, currying ) by Anonymous Monk
in thread Simplifying repeated parameter lists by Voronich

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