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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Listless \List"less\, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See {Lust}.]
Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless;
spiritless. `` A listless unconcern.'' --Thomson.
Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain.
--Dryden.
I was listless, and desponding. --Swift.
Syn: Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested;
languid; spiritless; supine; indolent. --
{List"less*ly}, adv -- {List"less*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
listless
adj 1: lacking zest or vivacity; "he was listless and bored"
2: marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited
and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless
resignation" [syn: {dispirited}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
listless
In {functional programming}, a property of a
{function} which allows it to be combined with other functions
in a way that eliminates intermediate data structures,
especially lists.
{Phil Wadler}'s thesis gives the conditions for a function to
be in listless form: each input list is traversed only once,
one element at a time, from left to right Each output list
is generated once, one element at a time, from left to right
No other lists are generated or traversed.
Not all functions can be expressed in listless form
(e.g. reverse).
(1995-02-22)
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