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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming by craftyguy on Monday May 07, 2018 @10:34PM (#17018379)
The '\lambda x' is just another way of saying "f(x)"

So '\lambda x., x-3' --> 'f(x): x-3'

Also, I really enjoyed my discrete math courses! The proofs were.. tedious.. but the amount and breadth of 'stuff' covered was excellent.

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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming by jason_slack on Monday May 07, 2018 @10:39PM (#17018402)
It is a difficult course! We are doing graph theory right now.
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