- ; booleans
- let true = \x y. x in
- let false = \x y. y in
- let and = \l r. l (r true false) false in
- let make_pair = \f s g. g f s in
- let fst = true in
- let snd = false in
- let empty = make_pair true junk in
- let isempty = \x. x fst in
- let make_list = \h t. make_pair false (make_pair h t) in
- let head = \l. isempty l err (l snd fst) in
- let tail = \l. isempty l err (l snd snd) in
- ;
- ; a list of numbers to experiment on
- let mylist = make_list 1 (make_list 2 (make_list 3 empty)) in
- ;
- ; church numerals
- let iszero = \n. n (\x. false) true in
- let succ = \n s z. s (n s z) in
- let mul = \m n s. m (n s) in
- let pred = \n. iszero n 0 (length (tail (n (\p. make_list junk p) empty))) in
- let leq = \m n. iszero(n pred m) in
- let eq = \m n. and (leq m n)(leq n m) in
- ;
- ; a fixed-point combinator for defining recursive functions
- let Y = \f. (\h. f (h h)) (\h. f (h h)) in
- ;
- let length = Y (\length l. isempty l 0 (succ (length (tail l)))) in
- ;
- ; synonyms
- let makePair = make_pair in
- let nil = empty in
- let isNil = isempty in
- let makeList = make_list in
- let isZero = iszero in
- let mult = mul in
- ;
- ;
- length (tail mylist)
+; booleans
+let true = \x y. x in
+let false = \x y. y in
+let and = \l r. l (r true false) false in
+let make\_pair = \f s g. g f s in
+let get\_fst = true in
+let get\_snd = false in
+let empty = make\_pair true junk in
+let isempty = \x. x get\_fst in
+let make\_list = \h t. make\_pair false (make\_pair h t) in
+let head = \l. isempty l err (l get\_snd get\_fst) in
+let tail = \l. isempty l err (l get\_snd get\_snd) in
+;
+; a list of numbers to experiment on
+let mylist = make\_list 1 (make\_list 2 (make\_list 3 empty)) in
+;
+; church numerals
+let iszero = \n. n (\x. false) true in
+let succ = \n s z. s (n s z) in
+let mul = \m n s. m (n s) in
+let pred = \n. iszero n 0 (length (tail (n (\p. make\_list junk p) empty))) in
+let leq = \m n. iszero(n pred m) in
+let eq = \m n. and (leq m n)(leq n m) in
+;
+; a fixed-point combinator for defining recursive functions
+let Y = \f. (\h. f (h h)) (\h. f (h h)) in
+;
+let length = Y (\length l. isempty l 0 (succ (length (tail l)))) in
+;
+; synonyms
+let makePair = make\_pair in
+let fst = get\_fst in
+let snd = get\_snd in
+let nil = empty in
+let isNil = isempty in
+let makeList = make\_list in
+let isZero = iszero in
+let mult = mul in
+;
+length (tail mylist)