/* 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 function factorial(proc) { return function (n) { return (n <= 1) ? 1 : n * proc(n-1); } } function Y(outer) { function inner(proc) { function apply(arg) { return proc(proc)(arg); } return outer(apply); } return inner(inner); } print("5! is " + Y(factorial)(5));