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tromp
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As Lovely as a Tree
I would say the combinator \x\y\z.x z (y (\t.z)) is more poetic than Y, since it forms a basis for combinatory logic all by itself. Not only can you make Y from it, but every other combinator as well. And it's the smallest term with that property.
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