Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Lambdas

👉 Lambda calculus is a formal system for defining functions in programming languages. It was developed by mathematician and philosopher Haskell Curry in 1943, but it has since been extended to include more sophisticated features like recursion and higher-order functions. In Lambda Calculus, function parameters are called "lambdas" (or "arguments") instead of "variables". This allows for the definition of a function without specifying what values should be passed as arguments. For example: ``` lambda x : x

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