eager

Very excited about doing or getting something and wanting it to happen soon.

• I am eager to begin.
• She was eager to meet her new classmates.
• Are you eager for another adventure?

How to use it: eager to do something (The children are eager to open their presents.); eager for something (Everyone was eager for news of the rescue.)

Similar words: keen, enthusiastic

Opposites: reluctant, uninterested

Common phrases: eager to learn, eager for something, eager to help, eager to join

Calculating a result immediately instead of waiting until a program needs it.

• This language uses eager evaluation.
• An eager algorithm calculates every value immediately.
• Eager execution can waste work when some results are never used.

Similar words: strict

Opposites: lazy

Common phrases: eager evaluation, eager algorithm, eager execution