16 Apr
2007
16 Apr
'07
11:50 a.m.
Mark T.B. Carroll wrote:
I'm afraid no examples come easily to mind, though.
Here's a simple one: reading a flattened graph from disk. If your
flattened representation contains forward references, you have to fix
them up in a strict language. In a lazy language, you can refer to
elements you haven't yet read, eliminating that book-keeping.