What is a Y-combinator? [closed]

A Y-combinator is a computer science concept from the “functional” side of things. Most programmers don’t know much at all about combinators, if they’ve even heard about them.

  • What is a Y-combinator?
  • How do combinators work?
  • What are they good for?
  • Are they useful in procedural languages?

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