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title: An Idiot's Guide to Lambda Calculus
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published: TBD
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clarification: this is not a guide to lambda calculus for idiots, this is a guide to lambda calculus written by an idiot.
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imagine for a second you need to explain our numbering system without ***any*** background. any at all, think about that for a second.
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* you have no idea what the number symbols mean
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* you have no idea what plus minus or anything mean
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* you have no idea of anything
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and this isn't limited to just numbering, because almost anything we do on a computer is based around maths, imagine the same for pretty much literally anything.
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what you would need is....
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**is**...
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***is***...
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## a way to describe computability
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