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lambda

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1. lambda - Noun

2. Lambda - Proper noun

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The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l.

The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

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A classic paper highlighting the importance of lambda calculus as a basis for programming languages. Source: Internet

As a black queer woman, I'm honored to have a seat at the table to reimagine our vision for Lambda Legal so that it is a fully inclusive one." Source: Internet

Although (untyped) lambda calculus is Turing-complete, simply typed lambda calculus is not. Source: Internet

All knowledge of there being two objects and a dispatch on their types is in the lambda function. Source: Internet

Anonymous functions main For example, in Lisp the 'square' function can be expressed as a lambda expression as follows: (lambda (x) (* x x)) The above example is an expression that evaluates to a first-class function. Source: Internet

As R5RS says (R5RS sec. 3.1): "The most fundamental of the variable binding constructs is the lambda expression, because all other variable binding constructs can be explained in terms of lambda expressions." Source: Internet

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