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Oh this is the fun part. Maybe I should have mentioned it in the article. A lot of the combinators do go by other names. But my favorite names for function combinators actually come from To Mock a Mockingbird. In To Mock a Mockingbird, they are named after birds!
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Loved it, and thank you for using RunKit!
One thing: is there a reason why the combinators are named I, K, V, B instead of having more mnemonic names?
Oh this is the fun part. Maybe I should have mentioned it in the article. A lot of the combinators do go by other names. But my favorite names for function combinators actually come from To Mock a Mockingbird. In To Mock a Mockingbird, they are named after birds!
The Combinator Birds (for I, K, V, B) are:
B - Bluebird
K - Kestrel
V - Vireo
and my absolute favorite is
I - Identity Bird
because it is also famously referred to as The Idiot!
The letters are probably because function combinators come from maths. And math people just like single letters. (I'm just guessing at this)
Thank you!
I'll call them Identity, Bluebird, Kestrel and Vireo :D
Its called functional. xD