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Simple fixed-point combinator in scheme
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| ; Simple fixed point combinator. It's basic, but it does the job... | |
| (define (fix function) | |
| (lambda args | |
| (apply function (cons function args)))) | |
| (define factorial | |
| (fix | |
| (lambda (f x) | |
| (if (< x 2) | |
| 1 | |
| (* x (apply f (list f (- x 1)))))))) |
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