- From: Shel Kaphan <sjk@amazon.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 10:20:15 -0700
- To: Paul Hoffman <ietf-lists@proper.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
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.
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