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Re:What is a y-combinator? (2008) by pdpi on Monday November 11, 2013 @05:27AM (#6710913)
can't talk about fixed point combinators without mentioning my old favourite:

Yk = (L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L)

where:

L = λabcdefghijklmnopqstuvwxyzr. (r (t h i s i s a f i x e d p o i n t c o m b i n a t o r))

(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_combinator#Other_fi...)

Re:What is a y-combinator? (2008) by raldi on Monday November 11, 2013 @08:47AM (#6711519)
Okay, now explain how it works.