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		waqf on Feb 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” ver... If you write a function int makeHash(int) which computes a trapdoor function, and I write a function int makeHash(int) which prepares breakfast and returns a status code, then they have the same signature but different semantic meaning.

Oletros on Feb 12, 2017 [–]

But in the case of API's, the signatures and the semantic meaning are the same

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