Re: [BangPypers] Introducing the Y Combinator(Not the company)

2009-10-15 Thread Siddharta
Sidharth Kuruvila wrote: AKA The Y Combinator in python. This is in response to Roshan Mathews' post that he got stuck with the Y Combinator. Aha a challenge, I shall undertake this as a test of my communication skillz. :-) The Y combinator is quite interesting. I blogged about this a little

Re: [BangPypers] Introducing the Y Combinator(Not the company)

2009-10-15 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Sidharth Kuruvila wrote: > AKA The Y Combinator in python. This is in response to Roshan Mathews' > post that he got stuck with the Y Combinator. > Thanks, Sidharth, that was very interesting. Can't say that it has settled into my head, but the basic idea of passi

[BangPypers] Introducing the Y Combinator(Not the company)

2009-10-15 Thread Sidharth Kuruvila
AKA The Y Combinator in python. This is in response to Roshan Mathews' post that he got stuck with the Y Combinator. Aha a challenge, I shall undertake this as a test of my communication skillz. :-) The question is how do we implement a recursive function in a language in which names can only be