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It was thus said that the Great Viacheslav Usov once stated:
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> It is the other way around. Most people doing programming in any language
> have at least some background in mathematics and usually in other
> programming languages, and are familiar with functional syntax and the
> characteristic "reversal". It is the proposed syntax that is unfamiliar and
> confusing. This is best illustrated by this very thread.
That's surprising to me. At work, I've had to explain closures and
functional programming. I haven't even mentioned currying yet.
And I work with programmers who have 30+ years of experience.
-spc (Math, I might grant you ... )