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masklinn · 2023-01-05 15:56:58

The Y combinator.

wz1000 | karma 1940 | avg karma 4.19 · | 2015-08-02 10:06:10+00:00

Also known as the Y Combinator :P

quickthrower2 | karma 24182 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2024-03-06 11:55:57

There is a Y Combinator in there!

avodonosov | karma 1865 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2021-08-23 20:38:38

Y combinator possible?

obenn | karma 289 | avg karma 3.66 · | 2019-08-22 11:06:44

Neat, I just learned what the Y combinator actually is!

antonvs | karma 2874 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2020-11-26 13:01:55

Appropriately enough, a Y combinator fits the bill.

pyre | karma 21143 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2013-06-07 21:15:41+00:00

This is just a 'Y-combinator thing.'

austenallred | karma 22490 | avg karma 7.52 · | 2017-09-22 23:53:51+00:00

It's called Y Combinator ;)

I'm only somewhat kidding.

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tokamak-teapot | karma | avg karma · | 2021-11-05 08:29:39

Someone needs to have a word with Y Combinator.

forstmeier | karma 64 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2022-01-20 13:33:41

Well I guess that's Y Combinator to some extent...

enesunal | karma 167 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2015-08-25 08:51:52+00:00

+1 for Y Combinator :)

systemvoltage | karma 9933 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2022-08-28 20:22:08

I'll be honest, I didn't know what Y-Combinator is. It was one of those things I just took as granted. Mind blown.

nyc111 | karma 1176 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2015-11-19 07:53:32

It sounds like the description of Y Combinator, no?

rhcpfan1 | karma 2 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2012-12-17 14:31:59+00:00

You can see where the name 'Y Combinator' came from. Thanks.

marklittlewood | karma 1658 | avg karma 4.58 · | 2017-04-21 16:52:54+00:00

Maybe there is a Y-Combinator connection?

bhasi | karma 242 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2024-05-23 06:17:56

Oh wow, I didn't know that "Y-Combinator" was not just a fancy name but was an actual computer science concept. Thanks!

mrwnmonm | karma 527 | avg karma 0.78 · | 2023-08-10 17:08:07

Why combinator, Y?

AurSaraf | karma 10 | avg karma 0.53 · | 2007-03-28 16:17:49

the Y combinator is an answer to this exact question

Aur Saraf

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visitor4rmindia | karma 426 | avg karma 3.11 · | 2009-04-28 17:44:03+00:00

This link (from the comments on the OP) is actually a very interesting yet simple explaination of the Y-Combinator.

http://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html

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dark-star | karma 1643 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2023-11-27 06:12:55

The Y combinator is a fix-point combinator in lambda calculus, typically in languages like Scheme or Lisp.

But I guess that's not what you were asking about, so:

> Y Combinator Management, LLC is an American technology startup accelerator launched in March 2005 which has been used to launch more than 4,000 companies. The accelerator program started in Boston and Mountain View, expanded to San Francisco in 2019, and was entirely online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

That is from Wikipedia.

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