#!/usr/bin/env -S ivo -c // Create a list by iterating `f` `n` times: let iterate = \f x. { Z -> [] ; S n -> (x :: iterate f (f x) n) }; // Use the iterate function to count to 10: let countToTen : [Nat] = let countTo = iterate S 1 in countTo 10; // Append two lists together: let append = \xs ys. { [] -> ys ; (x :: xs) -> (x :: append xs ys) } xs; // Reverse a list: let reverse = { [] -> [] ; (x :: xs) -> append (reverse xs) [x] }; // Now we can reverse `"reverse"`: let reverseReverse : [Char] = reverse "reverse"; // Calculating `3 + 2` with the help of Church-encoded numerals: let threePlusTwo : Nat = let Sf = \n f x. f (n f x) ; plus = \x. x Sf in plus (\f x. f (f (f x))) (\f x. f (f x)) S Z; let undefined = undefined; // This expression would loop forever, but `callcc` saves the day! let callccSaves : Nat = S (callcc \k. undefined (k Z)); // And if it wasn't clear, this is what the `Char` constructor does: let charB : Char = { Char c -> Char (S c) } 'a; // (it outputs `'b`) // pack all of the examples into tuples so the main function can print them let main = ( countToTen , ( reverseReverse , ( callccSaves , charB )))