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That'd be a problem if it were to run a million times a day or on exabytes of data. But it's a "nonce": to be used once, on a small desktop machine (for low-in

That'd be a problem if it were to run a million times a day or on exabytes of data. But it's a "nonce": to be used once, on a small desktop machine (for low-integer values of once). That's not really a good objection.

tyingq 3y ago
It's not an objection, it was an observation.
jjgreen 3y ago
I was appalled when I first heard a colleague use "nonce" in this manner, I'd only previously heard it used as slang for sex-offender/paedophile, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nonce https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nonce
- tyingq 3y ago
  That use of "nonce" supposedly comes from a once used acronym associated with some segregated prisoners..."not on normal courtyard exercise".
  - jjgreen 3y ago
    I'd heard the same, but half-expected a backformation
    - tyingq 3y ago
      Ah, yeah. Googling around a bit suggests some disagreement on whether that's true or not. It appeared in a documentary, then was disputed by others afterwards.