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| title | author | date | description | tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Encoding in JS | Collin J. Doering | Jun 19, 2015 | Encoding various types using only variables and functions | general |
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/**
* (C) Copyright Collin J. Doering 2015
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
/**
* File: church.js
* Author: Collin J. Doering <collin.doering@rekahsoft.ca>
* Date: Feb 2, 2015
*/
var church = (function () {
var spec,
t = function (x) {
var ret = function (y) {
return x;
};
return ret;
},
f = function (x) {
var ret = function (y) {
return y;
};
return ret;
},
church_zero = function (f) {
var ret = function (x) {
return x;
};
return ret;
},
nil;
// ------------------------------
// Church Boolean implementation
// ------------------------------
function make_bool (b) {
// b ? return t : return f
if (b) {
return t;
} else {
return f;
}
}
function unchurch_bool (b) {
return b(true)(false);
}
function and (x) {
var ret = function (y) {
return x(y)(x);
};
return ret;
}
function or (x) {
var ret = function (y) {
return x(x)(y);
};
return ret;
}
function not (x) {
var ret = function (y) {
var aret = function (z) {
return x(z)(y);
};
return aret;
};
return ret;
}
function xor (x) {
var ret = function (y) {
return x(not(y))(y);
};
return ret;
}
function church_if (p) {
var ret = function (a) {
var aret = function (b) {
return p(a)(b);
};
return aret;
};
return ret;
}
// -----------------------
// Church natural numbers
// -----------------------
function succ (n) {
var ret = function (f) {
var aret = function (x) {
return f(n(f)(x));
};
return aret;
};
return ret;
}
function add (n) {
var ret = function (m) {
var aret = function (f) {
var bret = function (x) {
return n(f)(m(f)(x));
};
return bret;
};
return aret;
};
return ret;
}
function mult (n) {
var ret = function (m) {
var aret = function (f) {
var bret = function (x) {
return n(m(f))(x);
};
return bret;
};
return aret;
};
return ret;
}
function expt (n) {
var ret = function (m) {
var aret = function (f) {
var bret = function (x) {
return (m(n))(f)(x);
};
return bret;
};
return aret;
};
return ret;
}
function isZero (n) {
var ret = n(function (x) {
return f;
})(t);
return ret;
}
function make_nat (n) {
var i, ret = church_zero.bind({});
for (i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
ret = succ(ret);
}
return ret;
}
function unchurch_nat (n) {
var ret = function (i) {
var aret = function (m) {
i += 1;
return i;
};
return aret;
}, i = 0;
return n(ret(i))(0);
}
// -------------
// Church Pairs
// -------------
function make_pair (a) {
var ret = function (b) {
var aret = function (f) {
return f(a)(b);
};
return aret;
};
return ret;
}
function fst (p) {
return p(t);
}
function snd (p) {
return p(f);
}
function unchurch_pair (p) {
return [fst(p), snd(p)];
}
// -------------
// Church Lists
// -------------
function make_list () {}
function unchurch_list (xs) {}
nil = make_pair(t)(t);
isNil = fst;
function cons (h) {
var ret = function (t) {
return make_pair(f)(make_pair(h)(t));
};
return ret;
}
function head (l) {
return fst(snd(l));
}
function tail (l) {
return snd(snd(l));
}
// -----------------
// The Y Combinator
// -----------------
// * This doesn't work as javascript is strictly evaluated
// -----------------
function fix (g) {
var f = function (x) {
return g(x(x));
};
return f(f);
}
// Setup specification object
spec = {
"if": church_if,
fix: fix,
bool: {
make: make_bool,
toNative: unchurch_bool,
t: t,
f: f,
not: not,
and: and,
or: or,
xor: xor
},
nat: {
make: make_nat,
toNative: unchurch_nat,
zero: church_zero,
succ: succ,
add: add,
mult: mult,
expt: expt,
isZero: isZero
},
pair: {
make: make_pair,
toNative: unchurch_pair,
fst: fst,
snd: snd
},
list: {
make: make_list,
toNative: unchurch_list,
nil: nil,
isNil: isNil,
cons: cons,
head: head,
tail: tail
}
};
return spec;
})();
// -------------------------
function unchurch_church_nat_test (lim) {
var i,
lim = lim || 12;
for (i = 0; i <= lim; i += 1) {
if (i !== church.nat.toNative(church.nat.make(i))) {
console.log('Failed church.nat.toNative(church.nat.make(' + i + '))');
return false;
}
}
console.log('Created church nats from 1 to ' + lim + ' successfully.');
return true;
}
function uncurry (f) {
var ret = function (x, y) {
return f(x)(y);
};
return ret;
}
function matrix_test (f, g, n, tp) {
var i, j,
t = tp || 100,
name = n || "unnamed";
for (i = 0; i <= t; i += 1) {
for (j = 0; j <= t; j += 1) {
if (f(i,j) !== g(i,j)) {
console.log('Failed matrix test for ' + name + ' with inputs ' + i + ' and ' + j + '.');
return false;
}
}
}
console.log('Successfully completed test for ' + name + '.');
return true;
}
unchurch_church_nat_test(100);
matrix_test(function (a, b) {
return a + b;
}, function (a, b) {
return church.nat.toNative(church.nat.add(church.nat.make(a))(church.nat.make(b)));
}, "Church addition");
// matrix_test(function (a, b) {
// return a - b;
// }, function (a, b) {
// return church.nat.toNative(minus(church.nat.make(a))(church.nat.make(b)));
// });
matrix_test(function (a, b) {
return a * b;
}, function (a, b) {
return church.nat.toNative(church.nat.mult(church.nat.make(a))(church.nat.make(b)));
}, "Church multiplication");
// very slow for some reason? (not that this implementation will ever be fast)
matrix_test(function (a, b) {
return Math.pow(a, b);
}, function (a, b) {
return church.nat.toNative(church.nat.expt(church.nat.make(a))(church.nat.make(b)));
}, "Church exponentiation", 7);
// -------------------------------------------------------
// Factorial function written similar to how the y-combinator works
function factorial (x) {
var g = function (h) {
var f = function (n) {
if (n < 2) {
return 1;
} else {
return n * h(h)(n - 1);
}
};
return f;
};
return g(g)(x);
}
var i;
for (i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
console.log(factorial(i));
}