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Is strict a commonly used word for the opposite of lazy? I've always seen it as "eager", but maybe that's in the context of other programming languages.
by dvlsg 8y ago
Is strict a commonly used word for the opposite of lazy? I've always seen it as "eager", but maybe that's in the context of other programming languages.
- EvilTerran 8y agoIt's commonly used that way, but it's a slightly informal use: being rigorous, "strict" and "non-strict" describe semantic models; whereas "eager" and "lazy" describe evaluation strategies with those semantics. Ie, eager evaluation leads to strict semantics, and lazy evaluation to non-strict semantics.