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The new attribute’s value names look poorly chosen. “Lazy” and “eager”. Why don’t they use existing vocabulary like “deferred“ for lazy, and a new, equally prof
by tqkxzugoaupvwqr 8y ago
The new attribute’s value names look poorly chosen. “Lazy” and “eager”. Why don’t they use existing vocabulary like “deferred“ for lazy, and a new, equally professional word for eager.
- theoh 8y agoWell, they clearly don't have the right connotations for you, but those words have a lot of academic CS credibility and mystique. You must have heard "lazy" before, but eager is a term of art as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eager_evaluation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eager_evaluation
- plorkyeran 8y ago"lazy" and "eager" are the pre-existing widely used terms for this.
- lucb1e 8y agoTo me, lazy loading is a well known term, maybe it's regional or language dependent? I'm from the Netherlands, heard the word in school and online, in multiple contexts but mainly C#, Java, and web.