Listless
[list-lis] /ˈlɪst lɪs/
adjective
1.
having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent:
a listless mood; a listless handshake.
/ˈlɪstlɪs/
adjective
1.
disinclined for any effort or exertion; lacking vigour, enthusiasm, or energy
adjective
having no inclination or spirit; characterized by unwillingingness to exert
Word Origin
Middle English list ‘desire’ + less
adj.
mid-15c., from Middle English liste “pleasure, joy, delight” (see list (v.4)) + -less. Related: Listlessly; listlessness.
programming
In functional programming, a property of a function which allows it to be combined with other functions in a way that eliminates intermediate data structures, especially lists.
Phil Wadler’s thesis gives the conditions for a function to be in listless form: each input list is traversed only once, one element at a time, from left to right. Each output list is generated once, one element at a time, from left to right. No other lists are generated or traversed.
Not all functions can be expressed in listless form (e.g. reverse).
(1995-02-22)
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