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Old January 25th, 2004, 11:20 AM
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defining two functions in terms of oneanother

A brain-twister: How does one define these two functions of one another? Any ideas?
(define first (lambda (q w e) (q (w e))))
(define second(lambda (q w)(lambda (e) (q (w e)))))

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Old January 25th, 2004, 02:55 PM
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Lisp? What exactly do the two functions do? then maybe i can recreate them...

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Code:
def first(q, w, e):
    return q(w, e)

def second(q, w):
    return (lambda e: q(w, e))

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