[Haskell-cafe] Re: Haskell vs OCaml

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

On Tue, 3 May 2005 21:04:46 -0700
Andrew Pimlott <andrew at pimlott.net> wrote:

> The advantage of lazy evaluation is that evaluation order becomes one
> less thing you have to think about.

Yes, but only if your functions are pure.

>  The disadvantage of lazy evaluation
> is that evaluation order becomes one more thing you have to think about.

Yes, but only if your functions are impure.

Erik (still seeking enlightenment with regard to lazy evaluation)
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