>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <merlyn at stonehenge.com> writes:

>>>>> "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.

Randal> There's also the whole "futures" thing.  I think that's even close to
Randal> being in Squeak core.

Not even "close to".  See "Promise" class in Squeak 4.2.

1 future + 1 "becomes 2 when sent #value".

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