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Lazy Sequences for Efficiency

Using .lazy to defer computation and avoid creating intermediate arrays.

Welcome

Lazy sequences defer computation until results are needed, avoiding the creation of intermediate arrays when chaining operations.

The Problem with Eager Evaluation

```swift let result = (1...1_000_000) .filter { $0 % 7 == 0 } // creates array of ~142857 elements .map { $0 * 2 } // creates another 142857-element array .prefix(5) // Wasteful — only 5 elements needed! ```

All lessons in this course

  1. Pure Functions and Side-Effect-Free Design
  2. Higher-Order Functions: map, flatMap, compactMap
  3. Function Composition and Pipelines
  4. Lazy Sequences for Efficiency
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