> That said, I agree with n2d4 that it’s stupid to insult the authors. Talk is cheap and building is hard. If your code offers an expectation of determinism th

> That said, I agree with n2d4 that it’s stupid to insult the authors. Talk is cheap and building is hard. If your code offers an expectation of determinism then it's sloppy to not distinguish where there isn't determinism. There's nothing difficult about writing a comment to the effect of "this function is non-deterministic. For deterministic results, use X". The code is sloppy if the developers didn't consider determinism and offer nothing to consumers, or if the consumers writing software cannot know where non-determinism is introduced. If that's somehow insulting then I'd say someone has very thin skin.