Point-free
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Point-free is an adjective meaning (programming) Employing or relating to tacit programming.
Meaning
(programming) Employing or relating to tacit programming.
More Meanings
- (mathematics) Synonym of pointless (“without points”).
Example Sentences
Hence, what are the (hopefully natural) conditions under which they do hold? All this calls for studying the point-free separation.
Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause.
Synonyms for point-free
Depending on context, synonyms include pointless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pointless, pointerless, codeless, exceptionless, nonprogramming, free.
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