Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

point-free

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English

Syllables: point-free
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Employing or relating to tacit programming.

adj

Synonym of pointless (“without points”).

Example Sentences

"Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause."
"Hence, what are the (hopefully natural) conditions under which they do hold? All this calls for studying the point-free separation."

Etymology

From point + -free.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: point

Synonyms

pointless

Questions

What does point-free mean?: Employing or relating to tacit programming.
Where does point-free come from?: From point + -free.

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