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Bob Ueland
Bob Ueland

Reputation: 1834

Arguments in lambda expressions

In a book I encountered the following lambda expression

(λabc.cba)zz(λwv.w)

How should I interpret the arguments of (λabc.cba)? Are there two arguments

(zz)(λwv.w)

or are there three arguments

(z)(z)(λwv.w)

I suspect three arguments since normally one letter is used in Mathematics to denote a variable (unlike from in programming).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 74

Answers (1)

assembly.jc
assembly.jc

Reputation: 2066

Are there two arguments or are there three arguments?

Three arguments

If don't explicit add parentheses to zz as (zz), the application associate to the left as below:

( ( (λabc.cba) z) z) (λwv.w)

It is equivalent to take three arguments.

Upvotes: 5

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