Ask HN: What are the origins behind the name Y Combinator?

[jhow15]

Being British I always assumed it means something like "the X Factor" does and so "Y Combinator" refers to the Y factor you need to "combinate" for success. But this can't be right.

[Juliate]

https://www.quora.com/How-did-Y-Combinator-get-its-name

[jhow15]

Ahh - thank you!

[jklein11]

Lisp