Top "Non-deterministic" questions

Nondeterminism refers either to a computing system where the result may be one of many specified results or to a theoretical construct in which a computing system is allowed to try many options in parallel to search for a result.

Sql Server deterministic user-defined function

I have the following user-defined function: create function [dbo].[FullNameLastFirst] ( @IsPerson bit, @LastName nvarchar(100), @FirstName nvarchar(100) ) returns nvarchar(201) as begin …

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I do not understand the concept of Non Deterministic Turing Machine

I do not the understand the concept of Non Deterministic Turing Machine. I guess I understand the term Non deterministic …

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What does it mean by "Non-deterministic User-Defined functions can be used in a deterministic manner"?

According to MSDN SQL BOL (Books Online) page on Deterministic and Nondeterministic Functions, non-deterministic functions can be used "in a …

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Why is dictionary ordering non-deterministic?

I recently switched from Python 2.7 to Python 3.3, and it seems that while in Python 2 the ordering of dictionary keys was …

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Alter SQL Function Referenced by Computed Column

If you set up a table's column to be a computed column whose Formula calls a Function, it becomes a …

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Creating Nondeterministic functions in SQL Server using RAND()

After a bit of searching and reading the documentation, it's clear that you can write user defined functions in SQL …

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Does using heap memory (malloc/new) create a non-deterministic program?

I started developing software for real-time systems a few months ago in C for space applications, and also for microcontrollers …

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