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I haven't been able to find any information on this, but I think that if someone knows it, it's someone here. I need it for some theoretical knowledge about lambda calculus and compiler optimizations.

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How are fractional numbers most effectively encoded in lambda calculus?

I haven't been able to find any information on this, but I think that if someone knows it, it's someone here. I need it for some theoretical knowledge about lambda calculus and compiler optimizations.