Comment by munchler

Well, I totally disagree with this. One of the main benefits of currying is the ability to chain function calls together. For example, in F# this is typically done with the |> operator:

    let result =
        input
            |> foobinade a b
            |> barbalyze c d

Or, if we really want to name our partial function before applying it, we can use the >> operator instead:

    let f = foobinade a b >> barbalyze c d
    let result = f input

Requiring an explicit "hole" for this defeats the purpose:

    let f = barbalyze(c, d, foobinade(a, b, $))
    let result = f(input)

Or, just as bad, you could give up on partial function application entirely and go with:

    let result = barbalyze(c, d, foobinade(a, b, input))

Either way, I hope that gives everyone the same "ick" it gives me.