strict evaluation
Call-by-value evaluation order is sometimes called "strict evaluation" because,
in a sequential system, it makes functions behave as though they were strict, in
the sense that evaluation of a function application cannot terminate before
evaluation of the argument. Similarly, languages are called strict if they use
call-by-value argument passing.
Compare eager evaluation, lazy evaluation.
(1994-12-21)
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