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Is the Text Stateless? (cont.)
Transactions
- An exchange of mutual state changes among parties regarding a shared text
- E.g. Order → Confirmation → Invoice
- Pathological states
- Examples:
- An overdrawn account
- A fraudulent signature
- Is database NULL a value or a state?
- Is the result of 2 / 0 a value or a state?