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Creating a new function by composition: `compose'

This abstraction takes two input functions as input arguments and returns a new function composed ot the two inputs.

This lambda-abstraction is very useful for example in defining the abstractions for addition and multiplication. See also section basic:add and basic:mult. 

(define compose 
   (lambda (f g)
      (lambda (x)
         (f (g x)))))


Georg P. Loczewski 2004-03-05

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