operating function

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Similar in responsibility to an operating systemoperating systemtodo Software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs. Related: operating function, an "Operating Function" or OF is a purepuretodo functional programming function that, given a state and an input, produces a new state and an output.

In contrast to traditional OSes, an OF is deterministicdeterministic executiontodo A process where the output and new state are entirely determined by the current state and input, ensuring predictable and reproducible results pure functional programming and ensures that the system's behavior is entirely predictable based on its inputs and current state

(NewState, Output) = OperatingFunction(CurrentState, Input)