From: Martin Dowie <martin@dowie-cs.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: No Go To's Forever!
Date: 2000/03/29
Date: 2000-03-29T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38E1F6D5.8303903C@dowie-cs.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8bdbof$t19$1@nnrp1.deja.com
speaking of proving things...
one of the reasons I had always been told for avoiding using gotos, was
that it makes a program unprovable. a) was this true; and if so, b) is
this still true?
Robert Dewar wrote:
> Of course it is different, it does a different sequence of
> computations. The algorithm you give is computationally
> equivalent, but you actually need to prove this, it is not
> self evident! An algorithm is a prescription for a sequence
> of computations, a different sequence is a different algorithm!
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Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-03-21 0:00 No Go To's Forever! Bill Dale
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Andrew Berg
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-03-22 0:00 ` No Go To's Forever! (I'm sorry I spoke...) dis90072
2000-03-23 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-22 0:00 ` No Go To's Forever! Ken Garlington
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Roger Barnett
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Come From Forever! (was: No Go To's Forever!) Ted Dennison
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-03-25 0:00 ` No Go To's Forever! Richard D Riehle
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Tim Gahnström
2000-03-21 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-22 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-16 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-18 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Martin Dowie [this message]
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-21 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-24 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Tim Gahnstr�m
2000-03-21 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Bill Dale
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Roger Barnett
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Roger Barnett
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Roger Barnett
2000-03-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <01bf9436$9c054880$2c5101be@bthomas4663>
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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