On Feb 6, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Prabhakar Ragde <plra...@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Matthew Johnson wrote: > >> My question is really a plea for someone to fill in the gaps in a >> derivation of the Y combinator. > > This is the source I use as a basis for my classroom presentations, with a > few more details thrown in. > > http://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/WhyOfY.pdf [[ Naturally I am partial, but I don't think Dick's explanation constructs the Y combinator; it merely explains its workings. ]] ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
