Here is a JavaScript implementation of the Y-Combinator and the Factorial function (from Douglas Crockford's article, available at: http://javascript.crockford.com/little.html).
function Y(le) {
return (function (f) {
return f(f);
}(function (f) {
return le(function (x) {
return f(f)(x);
});
}));
}
var factorial = Y(function (fac) {
return function (n) {
return n <= 2 ? n : n * fac(n - 1);
};
});
var number120 = factorial(5);