corecursion
The dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.
Noun
- The dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.
- The natural numbers #92;N may be defined by corecursion as #92;#123;0#92;#125;#92;cup#92;#123;n#43;1
- Programming languages with lazy evaluation support corecursion so that the programmer can refer to infinite objects.
Origin
From co- + recursion.