eager

impatient, désireux

Très enthousiaste à l’idée de faire ou d’obtenir quelque chose, avec l’envie que cela arrive vite.

En anglais simple : Very excited about doing or getting something and wanting it to happen soon.

• I am eager to begin.
• She was eager to meet her new classmates.
• Are you eager for another adventure?

Comment l'utiliser : eager to do something (The children are eager to open their presents.); eager for something (Everyone was eager for news of the rescue.)

Synonymes : keen, enthusiastic

Contraires : reluctant, uninterested

Expressions courantes : eager to learn, eager for something, eager to help, eager to join

strict

Qui calcule un résultat immédiatement, sans attendre que le programme en ait besoin.

En anglais simple : Calculating a result immediately instead of waiting until a program needs it.

• This language uses eager evaluation.
• An eager algorithm calculates every value immediately.
• Eager execution can waste work when some results are never used.

Synonymes : strict

Contraires : lazy

Expressions courantes : eager evaluation, eager algorithm, eager execution