Comment on Baking the Y Combinator from ScratchparentComments−zarakshR1yThis is not relevant since this de-sugaring cannot be performed if `name` is recursive (i.e., if `term` refers to `name`), which `Y` is. So the author's derivation is still required in the pure lambda calculus.
Comments
This is not relevant since this de-sugaring cannot be performed if `name` is recursive (i.e., if `term` refers to `name`), which `Y` is. So the author's derivation is still required in the pure lambda calculus.