[Haskell-cafe] Lazy evaluation/functions

[michael rice]

I've seen the terms "lazy evaluation" and "lazy function." Is this just lazy language or are both these terms valid? Michael

[Tom Davie]

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 <now...@yahoo.com> wrote:

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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[Erlend Hamberg]

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”.
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Erlend Hamberg
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