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Deriving the Y combinator

In Functional, JavaScript, Math, Ruby on 10 January 2008 with 10 comments

Before I start in on this: be aware I’m mostly writing this to force myself to understand something by writing it down. If you get anything out of it, consider it a bonus. I will be deriving Y() in JavaScrpit, and giving a version in Ruby. After stumbling on this article on Raganwald last year [...]