On 06Apr2012 15:19, I wrote: | On 06Apr2012 14:31, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: | | Here is a non-monotonic sequence: | | | | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | | | | This isn't steady either, because it jumps backwards. | | | | To be steady, it MUST also be monotonic. If you think that it is appropriate | | to call a non-monotonic clock "steady", then I think you should tell us what | | you mean by "steady but not monotonic". | | I took steady to mean "never jumps more than x", for "x" being "small", | and allowing small negatives. If steady implies monotonic and people | agree that that is so, I'm happy too, and happy that steady is a better | aspiration than merely monotonic.
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