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Ask HN: What does Y Combinator mean?

1 points by o_s_m 12y ago

How did it get its name?

dalke 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator_%28company%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator_%28company%29
- o_s_m 12y ago
  Thank you.
cwperkins 12y ago
Its a fixed point combinator in lambda calculus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_combinator#Y_combinator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_combinator#Y_combin...