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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a Steph Curry. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | [ | + | The comic is about the [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB206 California Fair Pay to Play act], which was signed into law on September 30, 2019. It gives college athletes the rights to their name and face for financial gain, in contrast to NCAA rules which require that athletes be unpaid. |
− | + | In this comic, Cueball claims that all members of his college basketball team changed their name to Steph Curry, after the NBA Player of the same name. In particular, one player copied the name from the NBA player, then another member of the team copied the name from that player, and so on. | |
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− | Currying | + | This process is called "Currying", a play on both the name "Curry" used here, as well as the mathematical procedure called {{w|currying}}, named after mathematician Haskell Curry, wherein a multivariable function is broken down into a sequence of single-variable functions, each of which outputs a new function until the final variable is consumed. For example, the function f(x,y,z) can be curried into f(x)(y)(z), where f is a function that consumes x and produces a function f(x), which in turn consumes y, yielding the function f(x)(y), and that in turn is a function f(x)(y) which consumes the parameter z to finally produce f(x)(y)(z), which is equal to the original f(x,y,z). This is not commonly used in most areas of math except for foundational logic and pure functional programming. |
− | + | White Hat’s question regarding the form ‘''Stephs Curry''’ is referring to the pluralization of phrases where a noun is followed by a modifier of some sort, such as ''attorneys general'', ''parts unknown'', ''heirs apparent'', ''mothers-in-law'', and so on. In these cases, plurals are formed by pluralizing the noun parts of the phrases; however, some of these are rare or foreign enough that speakers of English don't always identify them correctly and pluralize the last word instead, e.g. *''attorney generals''. | |
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− | + | The title text is a computer science joke, saying that their signature play is the "three-point combinator", a joke on the {{w|Three-point_play|three-point play}} in basketball, and Y Combinator, which is a {{w|Fixed-point_combinator#Y_combinator|fixed-point combinator}} introduced by Haskell Curry, recursive ([https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=recursion see: recursion]) and does not halt (see: the {{w|Halting_problem|Halting Problem}}). "Signature play" may also be a play on words, as currying transforms a {{w|Type_signature#Method_signature|method signature}}. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:White Hat: Good, I think? | :White Hat: Good, I think? | ||
− | :[Cueball holds his hand up in a fist, while Ponytail, holding her phone down, and White | + | :[Cueball holds his hand up in a fist, while Ponytail, holding her phone down, and White hat looks at him.] |
:Cueball: That's nothing. '''''Our''''' state gave college players rights to use the names and images of '''''any''''' California athletes. | :Cueball: That's nothing. '''''Our''''' state gave college players rights to use the names and images of '''''any''''' California athletes. | ||
:Ponytail: It did not. | :Ponytail: It did not. | ||
− | :[In a frame-less panel Cueball holds his hands out, | + | :[In a frame-less panel Cueball holds his hands out, Ponytails phone is gone and White Hat puts a hand to his chin.] |
:Cueball: Sure it did! | :Cueball: Sure it did! | ||
:Cueball: That's how our school fielded a basketball team made up entirely of Steph Currys. | :Cueball: That's how our school fielded a basketball team made up entirely of Steph Currys. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
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− | [[Category:Sport]] | + | [[Category:Sport]] |
[[Category:Basketball]] | [[Category:Basketball]] | ||
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