gistfile1.lua

-- Generalized Partial Application Implementation In Lua
-- Azer Koculu <azerkoculu@gmail.com>
-- Mon May 24 10:33:40 UTC 2010
local function partial(fn,initialargs)
  return function(...)
    args = {}
    if initialargs then table.foreach(initialargs,function(ind,el) table.insert(args,el) end) end
    for i=0,arg['n'],1 do table.insert(args,arg[i]) end 
    return fn(unpack(args))
  end
end

gistfile2.lua

> -- Example Usage
> = partial(print, { "de", "lua" })("fabula","narratur")
de      lua     fabula  narratur