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I don't fully understand lambda calculus, but i inferred a stack overflow from his tattoo? Went to buy the book and its beyond my budget at the moment ($215 on

I don't fully understand lambda calculus, but i inferred a stack overflow from his tattoo? Went to buy the book and its beyond my budget at the moment ($215 on Amazon).

mattmight 16y ago
It's a tattoo of the call-by-name Y combinator. You'll get a stack overflow in a strict language, but not a lazy one.
mindcrime 16y ago
$215? When I clicked through to the book, I see "Available from these sellers. 9 used from $597.95" WTF?!?? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0444875085 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0444875085
- nitrogen 16y ago
  Click on the hardcover edition link.
  - mindcrime 16y ago
    Aaah, I see. Still, I give a big "WTF?!??" to the idea of paying $597 for any version of this book. I mean, I'm sure it's a good book, but $597 worth???? Heck, even $215 seems a bit crazy.
1331 16y ago
Though incomparable to the book, you may be interested in a free introduction by the author: ftp://ftp.cs.ru.nl/pub/CompMath.Found/lambda.pdf