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Ask HN/PG: What does the name Y Combinator mean?
Why the name "YCombinator?
- yan 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_point_combinator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_point_combinator
- byoung2 17y agohttp://ycombinator.com/faq.html http://ycombinator.com/faq.html Why did you choose the name "Y Combinator?" The Y combinator is one of the coolest ideas in computer science. It's also a metaphor for what we do. It's a program that runs programs; we're a company that helps start companies.