Thunk

Known as: Suspended evaluation, Suspended computation, Thunking

In computer programming, a thunk is a subroutine that is created, often automatically, to assist a call to another subroutine. Thunks are primarily…

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2018

This project shows the Redux architecture for the creation of new applications. It uses two production ready applications of my…

2011

This paper focuses on extensibility, the ability of a programmer using a particular language to extend the expressiveness of that…

2006

In this last instalment of the series, 78 desmid taxa belonging to four genera, namely Xanthidium (8 taxa), Arthrodesmus (3 taxa…

2004

In this paper we describe a mechanism for automated negotiation in which artificial agents can deal with a multi-issue…

2002

We argue that delayed-evaluation, self-optimising scientific software components, which dynamically change their behaviour…

2002

We show how to implement functionally the reverse, or adjoint strategy within the domain of Automatic Differentiation techniques…

1997

The two language approach to software development has been investigated by several language designers. The primary hypothesis of…

1997

Plotkin, in his seminal article Call-by-name, call-by-value and the λ-calculus, formalized evaluation strategies and simulations…

1995

The idea behind forward checking is to check forward so that a wrong decision can be detected in early stage during search and…

1988