On 01/11/2010 10:40 PM, Jeremy Shaw wrote:
Looks a lot like Church encoding to me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_encoding

It was first discovered by the guy who invented lambda calculus :p


Yes, well, the various Church encodings and the lambda calculus in general are where I got the idea. I was just wondering if there's a specific term for using this in concrete programs rather than as a theoretical exercise, that's all.

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