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call-by-value: a standalone construct

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an evaluation strategy that reduces function arguments to values before substituting them, formalized alongside call-by-name with simulations between the two.

In programming languages, call-by-value refers to an evaluation strategy that reduces function arguments to values before substituting them, formalized alongside call-by-name with simulations between the two. This meaning comes from Plotkin (1975) in Theoretical Computer Science.[1]

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References

  1. Plotkin, G. D. (1975). Call-by-name, call-by-value and the λ-calculus. Theoretical Computer Science, 1(2), 125-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(75)90017-1

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