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nikster
on Nov 14, 2010
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The Two Things about Computer Programming
If it's non-deterministic, you're not doing it right.
KeithMajhor
on Nov 14, 2010
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That's false. If you're doing it "right" then it will produce the same functional output for all of the possible execution paths. That doesn't make it deterministic.
eru
on Nov 15, 2010
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Perhaps you want it to be non-deterministic? E.g. Monte-Carlo-simulation or genetic algorithm with a hardware random-number generator.
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