"A program that has no side effects whatsoever is a kind of black box. All you can tell is that the box gets hotter."
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@dibblego@darinmorrison Clearly it’s not held by “no single person” since I hold the definition as well as SPJ.
@djspiewak @darinmorrison it is far more likely that you have misunderstood than SPJ saying something so obviously wrong.
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@dibblego@darinmorrison His quote is extremely clear cut. I tweeted his exact words last night.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dibblego@darinmorrison The quote is from a workshop he did at OSCON 2007.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@dibblego@darinmorrison My quote is a *trivial* derivation from what he said, taking a “function” to always be a “pure function” (by defn). -
@djspiewak@darinmorrison I think you are under-estimating how obviously wrong the statement is and also how often it is said. - Show replies
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