On 9 July 2011 18:44, Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn at stonehenge.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Frank> That paper will mention the basic technique of lazy evaluation in a
> Frank> strict language, which is just wrapping an expression up in a block:
>
> Frank>     [self myExpression: param and: thatParam]
>
> Frank> Now you can pass that block - thunk - around, and evaluate it only
> Frank> when required.
>
> There's also the whole "futures" thing.  I think that's even close to
> being in Squeak core.

That's already in there - look at FutureMaker and, more importantly, FutureNode.

frank

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