[Haskell-cafe] why the name lambda calculus?

C K Kashyap ckkashyap at gmail.com
Sun Aug 21 18:37:30 CEST 2011


Hi,
Can someone please tell me what is the root of the name lambda calculus? Is
it just because of the symbol lambda that is used?
Why not alpha or beta calculus?
Regards,
Kashyap
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