Source code in the applescript programming language

------------------------- CANTOR SET -----------------------

-- cantor :: [String] -> [String]
on cantor(xs)
    script go
        on |λ|(s)
            set m to (length of s) div 3
            set blocks to text 1 thru m of s
            
            if "█" = text 1 of s then
                {blocks, replicate(m, space), blocks}
            else
                {s}
            end if
        end |λ|
    end script
    concatMap(go, xs)
end cantor


---------------------------- TEST --------------------------
on run
    showCantor(5)
end run

-- showCantor :: Int -> String
on showCantor(n)
    unlines(map(my concat, ¬
        take(n, iterate(cantor, ¬
            {replicate(3 ^ (n - 1), "█")}))))
end showCantor


--------------------- GENERIC FUNCTIONS --------------------

-- concat :: [[a]] -> [a]
-- concat :: [String] -> String
on concat(xs)
    set lng to length of xs
    if 0 < lng and string is class of (item 1 of xs) then
        set acc to ""
    else
        set acc to {}
    end if
    repeat with i from 1 to lng
        set acc to acc & item i of xs
    end repeat
    acc
end concat


-- concatMap :: (a -> [b]) -> [a] -> [b]
on concatMap(f, xs)
    set lng to length of xs
    set acc to {}
    tell mReturn(f)
        repeat with i from 1 to lng
            set acc to acc & |λ|(item i of xs, i, xs)
        end repeat
    end tell
    return acc
end concatMap


-- map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]
on map(f, xs)
    tell mReturn(f)
        set lng to length of xs
        set lst to {}
        repeat with i from 1 to lng
            set end of lst to |λ|(item i of xs, i, xs)
        end repeat
        return lst
    end tell
end map


-- Lift 2nd class handler function into 1st class script wrapper 
-- mReturn :: First-class m => (a -> b) -> m (a -> b)
on mReturn(f)
    if class of f is script then
        f
    else
        script
            property |λ| : f
        end script
    end if
end mReturn


-- iterate :: (a -> a) -> a -> Gen [a]
on iterate(f, x)
    script
        property v : missing value
        property g : mReturn(f)'s |λ|
        on |λ|()
            if missing value is v then
                set v to x
            else
                set v to g(v)
            end if
            return v
        end |λ|
    end script
end iterate


-- replicate :: Int -> String -> String
on replicate(n, s)
    set out to ""
    if n < 1 then return out
    set dbl to s
    
    repeat while (n > 1)
        if (n mod 2) > 0 then set out to out & dbl
        set n to (n div 2)
        set dbl to (dbl & dbl)
    end repeat
    return out & dbl
end replicate


-- take :: Int -> [a] -> [a]
-- take :: Int -> String -> String
on take(n, xs)
    set c to class of xs
    if list is c then
        if 0 < n then
            items 1 thru min(n, length of xs) of xs
        else
            {}
        end if
    else if string is c then
        if 0 < n then
            text 1 thru min(n, length of xs) of xs
        else
            ""
        end if
    else if script is c then
        set ys to {}
        repeat with i from 1 to n
            set v to xs's |λ|()
            if missing value is v then
                return ys
            else
                set end of ys to v
            end if
        end repeat
        return ys
    else
        missing value
    end if
end take


-- unlines :: [String] -> String
on unlines(xs)
    set {dlm, my text item delimiters} to ¬
        {my text item delimiters, linefeed}
    set str to xs as text
    set my text item delimiters to dlm
    str
end unlines