eager-evaluated
|ea-ger-e-val-u-at-ed|
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/ˈiːɡər ɪˈvæljueɪtɪd/
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/ˈiːɡə ɪˈvæljueɪtɪd/
immediate evaluation
Etymology
'eager-evaluated' originates from the combination of 'eager' and 'evaluate', where 'eager' means 'keen or enthusiastic' and 'evaluate' means 'to assess or determine the value of'.
'eager' and 'evaluate' were combined in the context of computing to describe a specific evaluation strategy.
Initially, 'eager' and 'evaluate' had separate meanings, but in computing, they combined to describe a strategy of immediate evaluation.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
in computing, 'eager-evaluated' refers to an evaluation strategy where expressions are evaluated as soon as they are bound to a variable.
In eager-evaluated languages, computations are performed immediately.
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Last updated: 2025/05/15 09:27