Practice Lazy Evaluation (3.7.1) - Chapter 3: Generators and Iterators

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Question 1.
What is lazy evaluation in programming?
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Think about how we can save memory.
Question 2.
Give an example of a situation where lazy evaluation would be useful.
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Consider scenarios with continuous streams of data.
3Question 3.
What is the primary benefit of lazy evaluation?
- A. Saves time in computations
- B. Reduces memory usage
- C. Makes debugging easier
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Think about resource efficiency.
4Question 4.
True or False: Generators can produce infinite sequences without running out of memory.
- True
- False
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Consider how values are generated.
Question 5.
Write a generator that produces prime numbers lazily and explain its method.
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Think about using a helper function to check for primes.
Question 6.
Explain how lazy evaluation would benefit a large dataset analysis and create a simple generator to showcase this benefit.
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Consider how you would read a file gradually.

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