thunk
A delayed computationA delayed computation.
Meaning
3 sensesA delayed computation.
In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.
A specialized subroutine that one software module uses to execute code in another module.
- a dull hollow sound
Origin
Said by the inventors to be from the irregular jocular past tense of think (see EtymologySaid by the inventors to be from the irregular jocular past tense of think (see Etymology 1), being coined when they realised that the type of an argument in ALGOL 60 could be predetermined at compile time (with a little compile-time “thought”).
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