Python never guaranteed an order

Posted Apr 12, 2012 19:13 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (guest, #15091)
In reply to: Python never guaranteed an order by theophrastus
Parent article: Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 security release

I believe instead of "deterministic" you could use "consistent" or "always the same": the order doesn't change with time and is the same from one run to the next. Not everything inside a computer can be said to behave this way: for instance processes which change with absolute time, with durations or with user or device input. Or processes that have been made to depend on the above factors intentionally to avoid predictable behavior (as in the original security hole).