Ask HN: What are the origins behind the name Y Combinator?

Posted by jhow15 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:35AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Being British I always assumed it means something like "the X Factor" does and so "Y Combinator" refers to the Y factor you need to "combinate" for success. But this can't be right.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the origins behind the name Y Combinator? by Juliate on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:48AM (#21989937)

https://www.quora.com/How-did-Y-Combinator-get-its-name

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Re:Ask HN: What are the origins behind the name Y Combinator? by jhow15 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:52AM (#21989963)

Ahh - thank you!

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Re:Ask HN: What are the origins behind the name Y Combinator? by jklein11 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:16PM (#21997908)

Lisp

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