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5 // The Y combinator, applied to the factorial function.
7 // Return the function that is the fixed point of f.
8 const Y = f => (x => f(v => x(x)(v)))
9 (x => f(v => x(x)(v)));
11 // The factorial function is the fixed point of this:
12 const f = fac => n => (n <= 1) ? 1 : n * fac(n - 1);
14 print(`5! is ${Y(f)(5)}`);