I started writing software in 1984. Over the years I worked with many languages, technologies, and tools. I have been in leadership positions since the early 2000s, and in executive roles since 2014.
You can go to your parents and ask the same thing, in the same way, any number of times.
If nothing else changes, the act of asking something over and over will not change the answer. They won't even get annoyed.
Very nice metaphor. Perhaps a small addition: You can go to your parents and ask the same thing, in the same way, any number of times. If you’re sure they were listening at least once, then you can be sure that they will take care of whatever it is you asked.
Notably, the same might also be true for non-idempotent verbs; the difference is that there you don’t have the guarantee that it will always behave idempotently.
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The 5-year-old explanation could be:
You can go to your parents and ask the same thing, in the same way, any number of times.
If nothing else changes, the act of asking something over and over will not change the answer. They won't even get annoyed.
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Very nice metaphor. Perhaps a small addition: You can go to your parents and ask the same thing, in the same way, any number of times. If you’re sure they were listening at least once, then you can be sure that they will take care of whatever it is you asked.
Notably, the same might also be true for non-idempotent verbs; the difference is that there you don’t have the guarantee that it will always behave idempotently.