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=head1 TITLE
Add memoize into the standard library
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Adam Turoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sep 14 2000
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 228
Version: 1
Status: Developing
=head1 ABSTRACT
Caching through memoization is a very useful construct. It should be a
standard module.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Memoization is a very useful technique to transparently cache
function return values. It can be used to quickly optimize
recursive functions, or functions that take a long time to
execute (such as gethostbyname).
A version of Memoize.pm should be added into the Perl6 standard
library, and it should be added as a pragmatic module (i.e. memoize.pm).
Adding Memoize plugins (Memoize::Expire, etc.) into the standard library
is a separate discussion.
=head1 MIGRATION ISSUES
None.
=head1 IMPLEMENTATION
Add memoize into the perl6 source tarball, as a pragmatic module.
=head1 REFERENCES
Memoize.pm http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Memoize
MiniMemoize from TPJ: http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/MiniMemoize/memoize.html
