Deriving the Y-Combinator

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February 19, 2010, 18:59

tommy i don't think you understand the point of this.

you need to realize that there are many applications of the Y combinator, many times the language you THINK "names" anon functions doesn't actually name them.

my only critique on this post is that you don't talk about omega, which to me is the easiest way to understand why Y works

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