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deforestation: a standalone construct

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a program transformation that removes intermediate data structures built by one function and consumed by another.

In programming languages, deforestation refers to a program transformation that removes intermediate data structures built by one function and consumed by another. This meaning comes from Wadler (1990) in Theoretical Computer Science.[1]

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References

Wadler, P. (1990). Deforestation: transforming programs to eliminate trees. Theoretical Computer Science, 73(2), 231-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(90)90147-a

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