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From: Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: Sequence of sequence, selection and iteration matters --- Ben agrees
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:15:41 +0300
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On 2024-07-10 13:48:53 +0000, olcott said:

> On 7/10/2024 2:42 AM, Mikko wrote:
>> On 2024-07-09 11:29:20 +0000, Richard Damon said:
>> 
>>> On 7/9/24 2:35 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>> On 2024-07-09 01:30:01 +0000, Richard Damon said:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 7/8/24 8:51 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/8/2024 7:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>> On 7/8/24 8:21 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> When you need groceries you cannot say that you
>>>>>>>> don't need groceries until AFTER you get more groceries.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Which is just Red Herring, as I am not a program, and the program is not me.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Free will does not make lies into truth.
>>>>>> If HHH reports that DDD does not need to abort
>>>>>> DDD before HHH aborts DDD then HHH is a liar.
>>>>> 
>>>>> How can HHH "report" something while it is still running?
>>>> 
>>>> If HHH is not a pure function it can have side effects while still
>>>> running. A side effect can "report".
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> But he keeps on insting that HHH *IS* a pure function, and that we are 
>>> stupid if we forget that when he forgets to keep it in the description 
>>> because HE is allowed to be sloppy, but we can't take benefit from that.
>> 
>> In such situations I may point out that OP did not require pure function
>> (or whatever he forgot to require).
> 
> If I don't say pure function then Richard tries to get away
> with cheating. I stopped saying it so that people that do not
> know what a pure function is wouldn't get confused.

The important point is that you can't say "pure function" unless you
say "pure function".

-- 
Mikko