3.7.1 - Lazy Evaluation
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What is lazy evaluation in programming?
💡 Hint: Think about how we can save memory.
Give an example of a situation where lazy evaluation would be useful.
💡 Hint: Consider scenarios with continuous streams of data.
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What is the primary benefit of lazy evaluation?
💡 Hint: Think about resource efficiency.
True or False: Generators can produce infinite sequences without running out of memory.
💡 Hint: Consider how values are generated.
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Write a generator that produces prime numbers lazily and explain its method.
💡 Hint: Think about using a helper function to check for primes.
Explain how lazy evaluation would benefit a large dataset analysis and create a simple generator to showcase this benefit.
💡 Hint: Consider how you would read a file gradually.
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