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"Lambda calculus is a notation for describing mathematical functions and programs. It is a mathematical system for studying the interaction of functional abstra
by sam_bristow 3y ago
"Lambda calculus is a notation for describing mathematical functions and programs. It is a mathematical system for studying the interaction of functional abstraction and functional application. It captures some of the essential, common features of a wide variety of programming languages."
- https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs3110/2008fa/recitations/rec26.html https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs3110/2008fa/recitations...
- greiskul 3y agoAnd the name of this very website we are talking on is derived from lambda calculus. The y combinator is a fixed point combinator in lambda calculus.