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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:49:55 -0600
Subject: Re: Functional way to compare things inside a list
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:54 PM, 88888 Dihedral
<dihedral88888@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I don't think functional aspects are only marked as lazy
> programming.

He wrote "lazy evaluation", not "lazy programming".  Two entirely
different things.

> It just means when one is experimenting something
> the efficient execution in speed is not on focus
> yet.

No, what you're describing is a "prototype".  It has nothing to do
with functional programming at all.