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Simple fixed-point combinator in scheme
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ycombinator.scm
; Simple fixed point combinator. It's basic, but it does the job...
(define (fix function)
(lambda args
(apply function (cons function args))))
(define factorial
(fix
(lambda (f x)
(if (< x 2)
1
(* x (apply f (list f (- x 1))))))))
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