SICP exercise 1.42

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Problem

Let f and g be two one-argument functions. The composition f after g is defined to be the function x \mapsto f(g(x)). Define a procedure compose that implements composition. For example, if inc is a procedure that adds 1 to its argument,

 

evaluates to 49.

Solution

The solution is straightforward. It looks very much like its mathematical analogue:

 

Let's test:

 

Output:

49
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