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Eager Evaluation

Eager evaluation is a programming strategy where expressions are fully computed as soon as they are encountered, rather than waiting to evaluate parts of a program only when needed. This approach means that once a value is assigned or an expression is reached, the program immediately calculates the result. It's similar to doing all your math steps right away rather than postponing some calculations to a later time. Eager evaluation can make programs easier to understand and debug because all computations happen upfront, but it may use more resources if unnecessary calculations are performed early.