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I'm not personally involved one way or the other, but this paragraph looks like it's been edited by someone with a serious anti-APL vendetta. What in the world is "apparent speed"? Either a program is fast, or it's not. And if, as the rest of the paragraph states, some interpreters did use lazy evaluation, why is it called a "myth"? The whole section seems sort of inconsistent. --[[User:David Wahler|David Wahler]] [[User_talk:David Wahler|<small>(talk)</small>]] 14:07, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
:I wrote the original paragraph and did use '''apparent''' because, if lazy evaluation was used, the interpreter would appear to complete calculations which, in fact, were deferred until needed. But then someone came along and trashed the idea that lazy evaluation was used. I had always believed this was true and, having worked for IBM for some 38 years, had been told this was true, but I couldn't prove it. Can someone else speak with more authority on this? –[[User:Shoaler|Shoaler]] ([[User talk:Shoaler|talk]]) 10:03, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
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