Re: Having trouble remembering the term for a concept -- quick question

[John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>]

The word you're looking for is "idempotent".

John Y.


On Fri, Feb 9, 2024, 4:15 PM James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I seem to recall that there's an adjective to describe a block of code
> (or an entire program) that can be safely executed any number of times
> without screwing anything up.
>
> But I can't remember the term.
>
> Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
>
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