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Apply originates from functional languages which did exist at the time, but were not really used outside of research.
Occam's Razor tells me that it most likely came out from "how you use the computer" and then it evolved to refer to the program itself.
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Apply originates from functional languages which did exist at the time, but were not really used outside of research.
Occam's Razor tells me that it most likely came out from "how you use the computer" and then it evolved to refer to the program itself.