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| From: | Enrique.Vetere@m... |
| Subject: | Eager vs. Lazy (newbie) |
Hi.
I'm looking for references about the "eager vs. lazy" issue in functional
languages.
I undertand that eager languages map more directly to (strict) math
functions, so formal proof of things is easier. I've also read that lazy
evaluation is a key issue for code reuse ("Why functional programming
matters - John Hughes). He mentions "the present controversy over lazy
evaluation". The paper is more than 10 years old, so I guess that
something has happened in between.
I'm also interested in the design issues that drove Ocaml to be eager.
Thank you.
Enrique Vetere
enrique.vetere@mclees.com.ar
McLees S.A.
http://www.mclees.com.ar