ivo/examples/examples.ivo

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