From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-18 09:23:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C1F7B97.CBC2C329@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: Re: Best language for low IQ programmers? References: <1004990076967295@aol.com> <3be6fcf8$1@news.sentex.net> <9vdb7r$5jf$01$1@news.t-online.com> <9vnh7i$e4$2@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <3C1F51DB.3DD6EC19@fujitsu-siemens.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 17:24:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1008696247 66.75.151.160 (Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:24:07 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:24:07 PST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.c++:112386 comp.lang.java.programmer:118299 comp.lang.ada:18059 comp.lang.perl.misc:83092 Date: 2001-12-18T17:24:07+00:00 List-Id: Josef M=F6llers wrote: > IIRC the abovementioned statement is some well-known theorem of > theoretical computer science (Church's thesis). IIRC, it's merely a thesis, not a theorem. I.e., it's an unproven assumption. The assumption, that is, that everything computable is computable by a turing machine. -- = Darren New = San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. "This wine goes good with feet."