Lazy Lists Are Late-Binding

A thought that struck me in the swimming pool today. Lazy lists are another kind of late-binding. Everyone hypes lazy lists by saying “wow! you can even have infinitely long lists!” To which the natural response is, “So what? The universe is finite and my life and this program are certainly finite, why should I …

I’m expounding my usual “late-bound” tabs model of IDEs again, over on StackOverflow. … late binding between the buffer in the editor and actual concrete thing you’re working on, gives the editing environment more flexibility and power. Think this is out of date? One place where the idea is back with a vengeance is in …