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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Subject: Re: Pointer function parameter
Date: 30 Oct 2000 19:53:58 +0100
Date: 2000-10-30T19:53:58+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d7gikvnd.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: oHgL5.18$pq3.3347@news.flash.net

"Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> writes:

> : Oh, one last thing: a TM cannot "exist".  (Does that fall under your
> : definition of "do ANYTHING"?)  A TM has an infinitely long tape, whereas
> : we can only build machines with finite memories.
> 
> Glue the ends of the tape together to form a loop? :)

"an infinitely long tape" /= "an endless tape" ;-)



  reply	other threads:[~2000-10-30 18:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-10-19  0:00 Pointer function parameter Mario Amado Alves
2000-10-19  0:00 ` tmoran
2000-10-19  0:00   ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-21  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-23  0:00     ` Alejandro Villanueva
2000-10-24  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-24  0:00         ` Alejandro Villanueva
2000-10-24  0:00           ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-24  0:00             ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2000-10-24 22:32           ` Mats Weber
2000-10-30 15:24           ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-30 15:44             ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-30 18:53               ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2000-10-31  1:48                 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-31 12:40                   ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-31 14:08                     ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-11-01 17:59             ` Mats Weber
2000-11-03  0:00               ` Florian Weimer
2000-11-04  0:00                 ` RAM size, was " tmoran
2000-10-19  0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-10-21  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-10-16  0:00 Mary
2000-10-17  0:00 ` Mario Amado Alves
2000-10-18  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-18  0:00   ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-17  0:00 ` tmoran
2000-10-17  0:00 ` Gautier
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