gecko/js/src/Y.js
2012-05-21 12:12:37 +01:00

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JavaScript

/* 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));