"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <xxxxxx@web.de> writes:
>>  Scheme lacks a flexible way to create and apply curried procedures.
>> This SRFI describes lambda*, a variant of lambda that creates true
>> curried procedures which also behave just like ordinary Scheme
>> procedures. They can be
>>  applied to their arguments one-by-one, all at once, or anywhere in
>> between, without any novel syntax. lambda* also supports nullary and

> Perhaps because of this clumsiness, Scheme has another form which
> provides something a little like currying. The cut operator, introduced
> by SRFI 26, is not a currying operator; instead, it allows procedures to
> be easily specialized on given parameters. However, this is not too
> difficult in ordinary Scheme (cf. Al Petrofsky's comment to the SRFI 26
> mailing list), and, as such, cut is not frequently seen in Scheme
> programs. cut also introduces a novel notation using the tokens <> and
> <...>, which may pose an obstacle for new users.

One more point: When doing the advent of code this year (the first 10
tasks),¹ I learned to love cut. Cut with map or fold is great for
concise algorithms.

Best wishes,
Arne

¹: https://www.draketo.de/software/advent-of-wisp-code-2021
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