suspensor

n : a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous

exercise [syn: {athletic supporter}, {jockstrap}]

suspension

In {lazy evaluation}, a suspension (or in Henderson's

terminology, a "recipe") is a {closure} with a flag indicating

whether the expression has been evaluated or not. When the

expression is evaluated the first time, this flag is set.

Subsequent requests for the value of the expression will not

attempt to re-evaluate it.

(1995-02-06)