I've seen the terms "lazy evaluation" and "lazy function." Is this just lazy language or are both these terms valid? Michael
Lazy evaluation is an evaluation strategy that gives non-strict semantics.
A lazy function I'm not sure how to define. It may be lazy language meaning
a function which is non-strict in one of it's arguments.
Bob
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM, michael rice
I've seen the terms "lazy evaluation" and "lazy function." Is this just lazy language or are both these terms valid?
Michael
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On Sunday 27. December 2009 14.16.15 michael rice wrote:
I've seen the terms "lazy evaluation" and "lazy function." Is this just lazy language or are both these terms valid?
In some languages, like Oz, one can have lazy functions even though the default is evaluation strategy is an eager one. In cases like that it is convenient to call those functions “lazy functions”. -- Erlend Hamberg "Everything will be ok in the end. If its not ok, its not the end." GPG/PGP: 0xAD3BCF19 45C3 E2E7 86CA ADB7 8DAD 51E7 3A1A F085 AD3B CF19
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