Re: idempotent (was Re: exif --remove not idempotent, and a Debian man page bug)
debian-user wrote:
>> In programming the focus is perhaps better, for something
>> idempotent, something like: Do it the first time.
>> Don't screw it up the second time? And don't do the
>> computing if it doesn't need to be done?
>
> Sorry, but idempotence says nothing at all about
> computational efficiency or cost.
Something that has a formal definition can be - and is more
often than not - used in an informal way. That said, if this
is an example of that, I have to say it's _very_ close to the
formal definition.
> And none of this has anything to do with exif and its
> behaviour, let alone its manpage. So please stop trolling.
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