Meanings
- not comparablecomputingEmploying or relating to tacit programming.
Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause.
2021, Luis Atencio, The Joy of JavaScript, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 104Synonyms: pointless
- not comparablemathematicsSynonym of pointless (“without points”).
Hence, what are the (hopefully natural) conditions under which they do hold? All this calls for studying the point-free separation.
2021, Jorge Picado, Aleš Pultr, Separation in Point-Free Topology, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page xiiSynonyms: pointless
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveEmploying or relating to tacit programming.
adjectiveSynonym of pointless (“without points”).
Origin
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point-free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point-free
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