Haskell
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
- The programming language is named after American logician Haskell Curry (1900–1982).
- As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Askell, from Old Norse Áskell. Compare Axtell, Askin, Haskin, Hasty, Astin.
- As a surname in the Isle of Man, a variant of Castell, itself related to the above.
- As a Jewish surname, from Khaskl, a Yiddish form of Yeḥezqel, see Ezekiel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhæskəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æskəl
Proper noun
Haskell
- An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the Old Norse given name Áskell.
- A Jewish surname derived from the equivalent of English Ezekiel.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (computer languages) A general-purpose purely functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.
- A city, the county seat of Haskell County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
language
of or relating to Haskell
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The programming language
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Further reading
Haskell (programming language) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
