>>>>> "Dare" == Dare Obasanjo <> writes:
>> "side effect" has a well defined meaning in computer science.
>> It refers to the client, not to the server.
Dare> I haven't really come across the term "side effect" in the
Dare> realm of distributed computing so I'd be curious as to a
Dare> pointer to where this is well defined. However I do know
Dare> that idempotent operations are well defined.
I infer you have come accross it in nondistributed computing then. I
fail to see what difference distributed computing adds to
non-distributed computing so that definitions suddenly have a
different meaning. More over, for any call, it is irrelevant where it
is executed (as long as the (implicit) context is retained). Ever
heard of DCOM? <grin>
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Regards,
Berend. (-:
