September 22, 1999 | Perl and the Lambda Calculus | Slide #20 |
(IF TRUE M N)
(xyz.(x y z) pq.p M N)
(yz.(pq.p y z) M N)
(z.(pq.p M z) N)
(pq.p M N)
(q.M N)
M
Which is what we had hoped for
A similar computation of (IF FALSE M N) yields N.
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