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		mtreis86 on July 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Functional programming jargon in plain English They said 'a function takes arguments', which is correct. The arguments are passed into the function, aligning to and being bound to the function's parameters. So arity applies both to arguments the function can take, and the parameters the function has.

mgaunard on July 4, 2022 [–]

The way it's phrased and the examples makes it clear whoever wrote this didn't understand the distinction.

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