Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call-by-future

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English

Syllables
cal-l-by--fu-ture
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated concurrently with the function body.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

call by future (alternative)

Phrases

call-by-value call-by-reference call-by-name call-by-need

Frequently Paired Words

call-by-value call-by-reference call-by-name call-by-need

Synonyms

pass-by-future

Questions

What does call-by-future mean?
An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated concurrently with the function body.

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