visionmedia/co + curried functions

co.js

const co = require('co'),
      fs = require('fs'),
      curry = require('prelude-ls').curry;

var read = curry(fs.readFile());

co(function* () {
  var a = yield read('.gitignore','utf8');
  var b = yield read('Makefile','utf8');
  var c = yield read('package.json','utf8');
  console.log(a,b,c);
});

co.ls

require! {co, fs, 'prelude-ls'.curry}
read = curry fs.read-file

co -*>
  a = yield read '.gitignore' \utf8
  b = yield read 'Makefile' \utf8
  c = yield read 'package.json' \utf8
  console.log a,b,c

nb that's a hypothetical future LiveScript with support for generators and yield