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// js
> ((x, y) => (w => w + x + y)(0))(1, 2)
3
# python
> print (lambda x, y: (lambda w : w + x + y)(0))(1, 2)
3
-- haskell
> (\x y -> (\w -> w + x + y) 0) 1 2
3
// java
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Beauty is somehow related to (i) a certain (high) value of complexity of a system and (ii) a certain (high) value of simplicity in coping with the complexity of a system.

(i) and (ii) provoke a feeling of awe, of beauty. This happens in programming, in mathematics, in music, in painting, in people.

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