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diff --git a/js/src/Y.js b/js/src/Y.js new file mode 100644 index 000000000..98d3257cb --- /dev/null +++ b/js/src/Y.js @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +// The Y combinator, applied to the factorial function. + +// Return the function that is the fixed point of f. +const Y = f => (x => f(v => x(x)(v))) + (x => f(v => x(x)(v))); + +// The factorial function is the fixed point of this: +const f = fac => n => (n <= 1) ? 1 : n * fac(n - 1); + +print(`5! is ${Y(f)(5)}`); |