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	Ask HN: What does Y Combinator mean?
	1 points by o_s_m 4447 days ago
	How did it get its name?

2 comments

cwperkins 4447 days ago

Its a fixed point combinator in lambda calculus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point_combinator#Y_combin...

dalke 4447 days ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator_%28company%29

o_s_m 4447 days ago

Thank you.