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;; Copyright (c) 2013 Duncan McGreggor <oubiwann@cogitat.io>
;;
;; Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
;; you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
;; You may obtain a copy of the License at
;;
;; http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
;;
;; Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
;; distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
;; WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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;; limitations under the License.
;; File : church.lfe
;; Author : Duncan McGreggor
;; Purpose : Demonstrating church numerals from the lambda calculus
;; The code below was used to create the section of the user guide here:
;; http://lfe.github.io/user-guide/recursion/5.html
;;
;; Here is some example usage:
;;
;; > (slurp '"church.lfe")
;; #(ok church)
;; > (zero)
;; #Fun<lfe_eval.10.53503600>
;; > (church->int1 (zero))
;; 0
;; > (church->int1 (three))
;; 3
;; > (church->int1 (five))
;; 5
;; > (church->int2 #'five/0)
;; 5
;; > (church->int2 (lambda () (get-church 25)))
;; 25
(defmodule church
(export all))
(defun zero ()
(lambda (s)
(lambda (x) x)))
(defun one ()
(lambda (s)
(lambda (x)
(funcall s x))))
(defun two ()
(lambda (s)
(lambda (x)
(funcall s
(funcall s x)))))
(defun three ()
(lambda (s)
(lambda (x)
(funcall s
(funcall s
(funcall s x))))))
(defun four ()
(lambda (s)
(lambda (x)
(funcall s
(funcall s
(funcall s
(funcall s x)))))))
(defun five ()
(get-church 5))
(defun int-successor (n)
(+ n 1))
(defun church->int1 (church-numeral)
"
Converts a called church numeral to an integer, e.g.:
> (church->int1 (five))
"
(funcall
(funcall church-numeral #'int-successor/1) 0))
(defun church->int2 (church-numeral)
"
Converts a non-called church numeral to an integer, e.g.:
> (church->int2 #'five/0)
"
(funcall
(funcall
(funcall church-numeral) #'int-successor/1) 0))
(defun church-successor (church-numeral)
(lambda (s)
(lambda (x)
(funcall s
(funcall
(funcall church-numeral s) x)))))
(defun get-church (church-numeral count limit)
(cond ((== count limit) church-numeral)
((/= count limit)
(get-church
(church-successor church-numeral)
(+ 1 count)
limit))))
(defun get-church (integer)
(get-church (zero) 0 integer))