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		mpyne 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: /dev/null is an ACID compliant database One of the first state machine you'll ever learn about in undergrad permits transitions from a state back to itself, so I don't see this as a barrier.

jefftk 2 days ago | [–]

The claim is not "it's a state machine" but about transitioning from one valid state "to another". That requires more than one state.

eru 4 days ago | [–]

And you can implement /dev/null with multiple states, as long as you make them all behave the same way.

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