What is a Y Combinator?

For those (like me) that prefer learning through talks and demonstrations, Jim Wierich gave an incredible talk on the Y Combinator at RubyConf 2012.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FITJMJjASUs

Code: https://github.com/jimweirich/presentation_ynot

Wrote this a while back but didn't get much feedback - might be helpful if you know more Javascript than Scheme.

https://medium.com/@tanjent/refactoring-out-a-y-combinator-9...

For any ES6-ers around here:

  le=>(f=>f(f))(f=>le(x=>(f(f))(x)));

Should have (2008) in the title.

> Posted on Aug. 14th, 2008 at 08:44 am