Haskell

Haskell

English

Alternative forms

• Hascall, Heiskell

Etymology

The programming language is named after the logician Haskell Curry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæskəl/
• Rhymes: -æskəl

Proper noun

Haskell

1. An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the Old Norse given name Áskell.
2. A Jewish surname derived from the equivalent of English Ezekiel.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A general-purpose purely functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.
5. A city, the county seat of Haskell County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Haskell County

Translations

language

Arabic: هاسكل‎ Dutch: Haskell Esperanto: Haskell French: Haskell (fr) m German: Haskell Italian: Haskell Japanese: Haskell [sic] Polish: Haskell Portuguese: Haskell Serbo-Croatian: Haskell m

of or relating to Haskell

French: de Haskell, Haskell Italian: Haskell Serbo-Croatian: haskelovski

The programming language

French: en Haskell Serbo-Croatian: haskelovski

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on the Haskell programming language