For Free Adj.
[common] Said Of A Capability Of A
Programming Language Or Hardware That Is Available By Its Design
Without Needing Cleverness To Impleme
[common] Said of a capability of a
programming language or hardware that is available by its design
without needing cleverness to implement: "In APL, we get the
matrix operations for free." "And owing to the way revisions are
stored in this system, you get revision trees for free." The term
usually refers to a serendipitous feature of doing things a certain
way (compare big win), but it may refer to an intentional but
secondary feature.
clean: 1. adj. Used of hardware or software desig implies
`elegance in the small', that is, a design or implementation that
may not hold any surprises but does things in a way that is
reasonably intuitive and relatively easy to comprehend from the
outside....
clean 1. adj.
Used of hardware or software desig implies
`elegance in the small', that is, a design or implementation that
may not hold any surprises but does things in a way that is
reasonably intuitive and relatively easy to comprehend from the
outside....