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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 08, 2020 @06:29PM (#24724623)
> This is irrelevant to the API. The API does not make a guarantee about functionality.

The only purpose of an API is providing mechanical access to functionality.

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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by Supermancho on Thursday October 08, 2020 @06:39PM (#24724699)
That's what I said. However, that is not how the original case was presented and has affected the course. The API "describes something" has been convoluted with the API itself.
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