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In a programming language, 'pure' would just refer to "function where you get the same output from the same input; no side effects".
In parent's case, there was an 'impurity' such that the package is meaningfully different depending on the machine it was built on.
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In a programming language, 'pure' would just refer to "function where you get the same output from the same input; no side effects".
In parent's case, there was an 'impurity' such that the package is meaningfully different depending on the machine it was built on.