A tool to make Windows builds reproducible

Re:A tool to make Windows builds reproducible by krona on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:37AM (#13115305)

In theory, no. For practical purposes, mostly yes.

See: Buridan's Principle. Also: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/b...

This was a real issue in hardware design in the 60's.

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Re:A tool to make Windows builds reproducible by metaphor on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @12:31PM (#13124305)

Thanks for the paper link...I feel like I've encountered it before somewhere, maybe here or back in uni as an undergrad. Wiki[1] noted its relation to metastability in digital architectures. That's a phenomena I'm very much familiar with.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan's_ass#Application_to_d...

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