RosettaCodeData/Task/Y-combinator/Lambdatalk/y-combinator.lambdatalk
2017-09-25 22:28:19 +02:00

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1) defining the Ycombinator
{def Y
{lambda {:f :n}
{:f :f :n}}}
2) defining non recursive functions
2.1) factorial
{def almost-fac
{lambda {:f :n}
{if {= :n 1}
then 1
else {* :n {:f :f {- :n 1}}}}}}
2.2) fibonacci
{def almost-fibo
{lambda {:f :n}
{if {< :n 2}
then 1
else {+ {:f :f {- :n 1}} {:f :f {- :n 2}}}}}}
3) testing
{Y almost-fac 6}
-> 720
{Y almost-fibo 8}
-> 34
We could also forget the Ycombinator and names:
1) fac:
{{lambda {:f :n} {:f :f :n}}
{lambda {:f :n}
{if {= :n 1}
then 1
else {* :n {:f :f {- :n 1}}}}} 6}
-> 720
2) fibo:
{{lambda {:f :n} {:f :f :n}}
{{lambda {:f :n}
{if {< :n 2} then 1
else {+ {:f :f {- :n 1}} {:f :f {- :n 2}}}}}} 8}
-> 34