Okay, let’s talk about my little adventure with “curry 12”.
So, I’ve been messing around with this coding thing called “currying,” and I figured I’d try to make sense of it. I started by, you know, Googling it. Saw a bunch of stuff that looked kinda complicated, but I pressed on.
My Curry Journey
First, I tried to understand the basic idea. What is currying, anyway? Seems like it’s about turning a function that takes multiple arguments into a series of functions that each take one argument. Sounded weird, but okay.
Then, I decided to just dive in and write some code. I picked JavaScript because, well, it’s what I’m most comfortable with. I started with a simple function, something like adding two numbers:
- I wrote a regular function:
function add(x, y) { return x + y; }. Nothing fancy. - Then I tried to “curry” it. I ended up with something like this:
function curriedAdd(x) { return function(y) { return x + y; }; }.
At first, I was like, “What’s the point?” It looked more complicated than the original! But then I started playing with it. I realized I could do this:
let addFive = curriedAdd(5);let result = addFive(3);// result is 8!
I created a new function, addFive, just by calling curriedAdd with one argument. And that new function remembered the “5”. It pre-filled! That seemed pretty neat. I get it!
I spent a good hour just experimenting. I tried currying functions with more arguments, different operations. I even tried to curry functions that already existed, like (that got a little messy). I was in my coding mode!
Finally, I think I understood it. It’s not about making things shorter, it’s about making them more flexible. You can create specialized functions from a more general one, and that can be super useful. It might take extra typing sometimes, but the flexibility is cool. It felt good to finally get what all those articles were talking about.
So that was my “curry 12” experience. Still a beginner, for sure, but I’m definitely getting the hang of it. It’s all about practice, I guess. Keep coding, keep learning!
