catamorphism

noun
/ˌkætəˈmɔːfɪzəm/UK/ˌkætəˈmɔɹfɪzəm/US

Etymology

From cata- (“down”) + morphism.

Definitions

  1. A generalization of the folds on lists known from functional programming to arbitrary…

    A generalization of the folds on lists known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as initial algebras.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for catamorphism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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