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by patricklynch 3625 days ago
Because then you can curry/partially apply functions independent of your data.

It's _not_ because it's convention everywhere else.

(I realize that only really makes sense if you know why it makes sense, so this video gives a pretty good explanation in ~30 minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3svKOdZijA)