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Re: LAZY LANGUAGES FASTER??

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From: R.S. Nikhil
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:08

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In article <farrell.712286497@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au>, farrell@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (John Farrell) writes:
> 
>   *Non-strict* evaluation saves time by not evaluating arguments which are not
> needed.

Pardon my nit-picking, but this is not true.  I refer you to my earlier posting
(last week?) in which I pointed out that evaluators CAN work on unnecessary
arguments while preserving non-strictness.

Rishiyur Nikhil (nikhil@crl.dec.com)

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