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Defunctionalization

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Defunctionalization is a noun meaning (computing, programming) A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function.

Meaning

(computing, programming) A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function.

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Related dictionary entries include deforestation, monomorphisation, monomorphization, refactoring, reification, optimization.

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