POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Wikipath : Re: Wikipath Server Time
1 Oct 2024 00:03:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Wikipath  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 14 Aug 2008 07:59:42
Message: <48a41e2e$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:

> Iota calculus says: You can make S, K and I from the X function.
> 
> In other words, the Iota calculus means you write whole programs that 
> just consist of X's and brackets. That's all! Basically, the shape of 
> the parse tree is the program! o_O
> 
> Somewhere I had a printout for the Iota calculus program to compute 2+2. 
> Suffice it to say, it's 4 lines long, and looks something like
> 
>   X(X(XX)X(X)X(XXX)X(X)X(X(XX)))X(X(X))))X(X)...

I think this is the invention of a sick mind. My brain hurts.

Why would someone want to do this? (other than the obvious self-abuse?)


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.