corecursion.
The dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From co- + recursion.
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