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Created November 22, 2012 22:12
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Javascript macro for the Y combinator, using sweet.js
// y-combinator
macro $y {
case ( $var ) => {
function(){
return function(f){
return f(f)
}(function(f){
return $var(function(x){
return f(f)(x);
})
});
}()
}
case ( function $pars $body ) => {
function(){
return function(f){
return f(f)
}(function(f){
return function $pars $body(function(x){
return f(f)(x);
})
});
}()
}
}
// factorial
var x = $y(function(fac){ return function(n){ if(n == 1) return 1; return n * fac(n-1); }});
console.log(x(5));
// This should also work
var fac_for_y = function(fac){ return function(n){ if(n == 1) return 1; return n * fac(n-1); }};
var x2 = $y(fac_for_y);
console.log(x2(6));
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