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Lambda calculus for eight year olds

Lambda calculus for eight year olds

By Tim Finin on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 at 1:00 pm.

Bret Victor has a novel way of using aligators to teach the lambda calculus to young children. Oh, and some eggs are involved, too. Actually, his whole web site is pretty interesting. (spotted on LTU)

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