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  • proper noun An English patronymic surname derived from the Old Norse given name Áskell.
  • proper noun A Jewish surname derived from the equivalent of English Ezekiel.
  • proper noun A male given name transferred from the surnames.
  • proper noun A functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.

Etymologies

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The programming language is named after the logician Haskell Curry.

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