Talk:Haskell Curry

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In this edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haskell_Curry&oldid=1331952253), the fact he was a logician was removed, but I think that's in error, so I'm putting a note here. He was a Professor of Logic in Amsterdam, and he was a leading mathematical logician (possible source: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Curry/). Kmill (talk) 16:07, 9 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

While I am not an expert on this topic and hence hesitate to edit it, I note that some information is contradictory with the MacTutor entry, which says that Curry found about Schönfinkel's work in the US, not Göttingen, and that Hilbert was only nominal adviser to his thesis, Bernays being the real supervisor. Would someone more familiar with the subject matter check this and make the appropriate corrections if any?

Lmgottschalk 7/30/2006

Agreed. I have a citation and I'm in the process of editing the article. A B Carter (talk) 01:58, 14 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Should it be mentioned that he is possibly the only person to have two programming languages named after him, Haskell and Curry?

That is not a true statement. For example, before I had my morning cup of joe, I created 3 different simple programming languages and named them after myself. Perhaps you mean notable languages? Even then, I would think the fact would be very difficult to prove. :) fintler (talk) 13:35, 18 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

DBAD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.102.128.42 (talk) 07:57, 15 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

The article mentions three programming languages named after him, including one called "Brooks" but I can't find any programming language named Brooks anywhere. There is one called BrookGPU, but that appears to be unrelated to Haskell Curry.Tagautier (talk) 21:29, 23 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

I tried to find sources to back up the Brook language, but failed (it's Brook, not Brooks, and much more likely is that it's named as such because it's a metaphor for stream processing). I've removed the link and updated Template:Haskell Curry. Kmill (talk) 01:25, 8 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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