Paul Hoffman writes: > >Idempotent > > I second the request for a clear definition in the context of this spec. > Another good reason for this: idempotent is not in any dictionary > (including my Webster's unabridged) that I could find. > > Can anyone think of a word that means "without significant side-effects"? Maybe there's some good word from functional programming languages. I think that is closer to what is needed than "idempotent", which always did seem like not quite the right word.Received on Wednesday, 30 August 1995 10:25:54 EDT
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