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Tip revision: fc51d46b21b0366b08c13b9c4bb4c17a33858ea0 authored by seabld on 06 January 2013, 06:20:10 UTC
Added tag SEAMONKEY_2_15_RELEASE for changeset FIREFOX_18_0_BUILD1. CLOSED TREE a=release
Tip revision: fc51d46
Y.js
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

// The Y combinator, applied to the factorial function

function factorial(proc) {
    return function (n) {
        return (n <= 1) ? 1 : n * proc(n-1);
    }
}

function Y(outer) {
    function inner(proc) {
        function apply(arg) {
            return proc(proc)(arg);
        }
        return outer(apply);
    }
    return inner(inner);
}

print("5! is " + Y(factorial)(5));
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