I think you’re correct practically speaking. The spirit of what you’re saying is true. However technically, and pedantically, all programs must behave like st

I think you’re correct practically speaking. The spirit of what you’re saying is true. However technically, and pedantically, all programs must behave like state machines. Btw it looks like it’s the author of the paper, not gpt4 making this confusing point so if one disagrees with the summary it’s a disagreement with the paper. Here’s a link that covers your specific point: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/288063 https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/288063