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Re:Reason 3 by glennsl on Sunday October 29, 2017 @12:26AM (#15577965)
I think what @chenglou was referring to are issues like the "value restriction" [1] and the need to wrap "uncurried" FFI functions with a function that "adapts" it to curried form, thereby adding a layer of indirection.

Reason does not solve these, they're problems inherent to the underlying language and the choices made. I think the point being made was just that currying isn't a clear step forward, but causes some problems as well.

[1]: http://mlton.org/ValueRestriction

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Re:Reason 3 by bjz_ on Monday October 30, 2017 @08:21AM (#15584444)
Yeah, definitely agree that there are trade-offs with currying when mapping it to a compilation target like JS, and I am consistently impressed by Bucklescipt's ability to convert the curried versions of functions to regular JS calls. That said, I do still think that it's worth the trouble!
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