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Combinator vs Combiner - What's the difference?

combinator | combiner |

As nouns the difference between combinator and combiner

is that combinator is (computer science) a lambda expression which has no free variables in it while combiner is a person who, or a thing that combines.

combinator

English

(wikipedia combinator)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
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    • , date = 1991-12-20 , author = Henk P. Barendregt , title = Lambda Calculi With Types , site = ftp.cs.ru.nl , url = ftp://ftp.cs.ru.nl/pub/CompMath.Found/HBK.ps , accessdate = 2012-07-15 }}
    M'' is a ''closed λ-term'' (or ''combinator'') if ''FV''(''M ) = ?. The set of closed λ-terms is denoted by Λ0.

    Derived terms

    * supercombinator

    combiner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who, or a thing that combines
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