On 25 Aug 1999, Marko Schuetz wrote:
> What I would like to know is: wouldn't it make sense to have the
> transformation
>
> f x = e where e does not mention x
>
> -->
>
> f x = f'
> f' = e
>
> in hugs? Did I miss anything?
What if e if huge (maybe an infinte list of primes) and f x is used only
very rarely during the evaluation? Doesn't this force as much of f' as has
ever been evaluated due to functions using f x to be constantly in
memory, or is that a wrong reading of the situation?
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