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Y-combinator in CoffeeScript
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| show = console.log | |
| Y = (f) -> ((g) -> g g) (h) -> (args...) -> f(h(h)) args... | |
| factorial = Y (recurse) -> (x) -> if x is 0 then 1 else x * recurse x-1 | |
| show factorial 5 |
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I have lost track of the article describing this technique. The Y-combinator is not practical or useful. Posted because I was testing my gist mechanism from acme via Inferno to Mac OS X to github. Now it works.