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On Dec 14, 2013, at 11:53 PM, Tim Hill <drtimhill@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Dec 14, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Petite Abeille <petite.abeille@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Dec 14, 2013, at 10:19 PM, Tim Hill <drtimhill@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Translation: Only pure functions should be candidates for memoization.
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>> Eh? Since when? I, for one, see great, concrete, tangible benefit in memoizing, say, that very expensive network call  for whatever period of time I personally see fit.
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> In which case you are essentially asserting to yourself that, under acceptable constraints, that expensive network call IS (in effect) a pure function.

That’s one way to spin it, yes :D