anamorphism

noun

anamorphism

noun

UK /ˌænəˈmɔːfɪzəm/ · US /ˌænəˈmɔɹfɪzəm/

Etymology From ana- (“up”) + morphism.

1

A generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras.

Functional programming

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