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CALL-BY-NAME

Specialty Definition: CALL-BY-NAME

Domain	Definition
Computing	Call-by-name (CBN) (Normal order reduction, leftmost, outermost reduction). An argument passing convention (first provided by ALGOL 60?) where argument expressions are passed unevaluated. This is usually implemented by passing a pointer to some code which will return the value of the argument and an environment giving the values of its free variables. This evaluation strategy is guaranteed to reach a normal form if one exists. When used to implement functional programming languages, call-by-name is usually combined with graph reduction to avoid repeated evaluation of the same expression. This is then known as call-by-need. The opposite of call-by-name is call-by-value where arguments are evaluated before they are passed to a function. This is more efficient but is less likely to terminate in the presence of infinite data structures and recursive functions. Arguments to macros are usually passed using call-by-name. (1994-11-29). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Crosswords: CALL-BY-NAME

Specialty definitions using "CALL-BY-NAME": call-by-reference, call-by-value, CBN ♦ functional programming ♦ Idealized CSP ♦ lazy evaluation ♦ Weak Head Normal Form. (references)

Modern Translation: CALL-BY-NAME

Language		Translations for "CALL-BY-NAME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		叫�"�名字. (various references)

Korean		부르 에 의하여 이름. (various references)

Pig Latin		all-by-namecay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: CALL-BY-NAME

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-l-m-n-y"
	-2 letters: amenably, lambency.
	-3 letters: balance, balneal, banally, bellman, canella, cleanly, manacle, namable.
	-4 letters: alanyl, ameban, anally, anlace, bayman, baymen, becalm, byname, cabman, cabmen, callan, calmly, cayman, cymbal, lamely, lanely, layman, laymen, leanly, meanly, namely.
	-5 letters: abeam, alane, allay, alley, amble, ameba, bally, balmy, banal, beamy, belay, belly, blame, cabal, cable, calla, camel, canal, cella, clean.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-l-l-m-n-y"
	+5 letters: biomechanically.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography

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