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Combinators

by tosh on 3/31/2026, 11:49:03 AM

https://tinyapl.rubenverg.com/docs/info/combinators

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by: siruwastaken

Could somebody provide a bit of context on what exactly this is? It seems interesting, but I have no idea what I am looking at.

3/31/2026, 12:55:11 PM


by: ux266478

A bit of an aside: I wonder how much array-oriented languages like APL and J would benefit from being implemented on top of an interaction net machine?

3/31/2026, 2:00:26 PM


by: hrmtst93837

The y-combinator is widely regarded as the best combinator :)

3/31/2026, 1:17:19 PM