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> Do you mean this more abstractly or literally? >> Input is an obvious example, as it's impossible to predict the value of an input. > though not which one
by mrkeen 3y ago
> Do you mean this more abstractly or literally?
>> Input is an obvious example, as it's impossible to predict the value of an input.
> though not which one
Literally.
- jibe 3y agoI’m asking as someone not familiar with function programming, so trying to learn, not be pedantic, btw! So because the possible input is not just a single value, it is not predictable. It doesn’t matter if the input was limited to a set of two values, or infinite, it is literally not predictable so therefore we don’t know the future state of the program?
- epgui 3y agoThat’s right! You can consider the user input a source of randomness even if it can only take two values, like heads or tails.