[Haskell-cafe] Lazy evaluation/functions

2009-12-27 Thread michael rice
I've seen the terms lazy evaluation and lazy function. Is this just lazy language or are both these terms valid? Michael ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Lazy evaluation/functions

2009-12-27 Thread 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 nowg...@yahoo.com wrote: I've seen

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Lazy evaluation/functions

2009-12-27 Thread 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