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0 pointsfaitswulff8y ago0 comments

His middle name is Haskell :p

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Haskell_Alsup

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abhgh8y ago

I was about to comment this. You don't mess around with this highly functional a judge ;-)

kupiakos8y ago

He wanted to bring purity to the US justice system.

dangoldin8y ago

I wish his behavior led to some side effects on the justice system.

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kazinator8y ago

Strictly typed, lazy evaluator?

nstj8y ago

Unrelated but I heard that after a fair bit of therapy he was able to get rid of his childhood lisp too?

Shinchy8y ago

That... is actually quite a cool name.

tronje8y ago

I'm not sure if you mean the judge's entire name or the name 'Haskell', but just in case you didn't know: Haskell (the language), as well as the functional concept of currying were both named after a mathematician called Haskell Curry :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry

dllthomas8y ago

> both named after a mathematician called Haskell Curry

... who, purportedly, hated his name :-P

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