Comments on: Laziness pays in functional languages http://rogersm.net/2008/11/laziness-pays-in-functional-languages exploring area Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rogersm http://rogersm.net/2008/11/laziness-pays-in-functional-languages/comment-page-1#comment-28 rogersm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:03:34 +0000 http://rogersm.net/?p=29#comment-28 Outside the non-functional programming mindset is an established myth:<br/> from <a href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2007-May/438576.html" title="last paragraph" rel="nofollow">python mailing lists</a> to <a href="http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2273#comment-33706" title="another code" rel="nofollow">Lambda, the ultimate</a> the <i>problems</i> of delayed evaluation are all around. Even the paper notes the usefulness of lazy evaluation over strict evaluation and tries to dispel this myth: <blockquote cite="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.26.5166">It is worth noting that the discussed technique makes essential use of laziness and can be regarded as a practical example of the usefulness of lazy evaluation.</blockquote> Outside the non-functional programming mindset is an established myth:
from python mailing lists to Lambda, the ultimate the problems of delayed evaluation are all around.
Even the paper notes the usefulness of lazy evaluation over strict evaluation and tries to dispel this myth:

It is worth noting that the discussed technique makes essential use of laziness and can be regarded as a practical example of the usefulness of lazy evaluation.

]]> By: Mark Lee Smith http://rogersm.net/2008/11/laziness-pays-in-functional-languages/comment-page-1#comment-25 Mark Lee Smith Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:53:56 +0000 http://rogersm.net/?p=29#comment-25 Is this really an established myth or did you just make it up? I've been involved in a lot of discussions regarding functional programming and the "lazy evaluation doesn't pay" argument hasn't been mentioned once. Is this really an established myth or did you just make it up? I’ve been involved in a lot of discussions regarding functional programming and the “lazy evaluation doesn’t pay” argument hasn’t been mentioned once.

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