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Article #620845Re: Implementation of a Turing Machine?
From: Michael LeVine
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:14
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:14
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On 2018-02-22 18:53:48 +0000, Charlie Gibbs said: > On 2018-02-21, Joe Pfeiffer <pfei...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote: > >> maus <ma...@mail.com> writes: >> >>> On 2018-02-20, Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 09:11:12 +0000, Gareth's Downstairs Computer >>>> <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Not enough description of the state machine, though, for >>>>> each state need to know action if 1 or 0 read, whether to >>>>> write back 1 or 0, and next state whether 1 or 0 read. >>>>> >>>>> It is particularly fascinating that a Turing Machine could >>>>> have been built with the technology available at the time >>>>> it was first postualted (1935?) >>>> >>>> I do not think that that is that notable. The machine could have >>>> been made back in Babbage's time. (Too bad Babbage did not come up >>>> with something more immediately practical.) >>> >>> AFAIhaveread, the problem was that it not possible to machine parts to >>> the limits that Babbage's machines needed, at that time. >> >> No, it's been pretty well established they could have been. The problem >> was that he never froze his design. > > Ah, some things never change. > > Frozen specs and the Abominable Snowman have a lot in common: > both are myths, and both melt when enough heat is applied. > -- unknown That seems to be the problem that plan 28 is having trying to come up with his design so they an build it http://plan28.org -- Michael LeVine mlevine...@redshift.com Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx
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