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"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> wrote in message news:<9lek02$i88$1@nh.pace.co.uk>...
> I suppose that my logical explanation doesn't necessarily cover the same
> territory as mathematical proof. 

Nope - but it's an eminently practical explanation.

> Obviously not all algorithms have bounded
> memory use - try to compute Pi to the last digit - you'll run out of memory
> before you get there. I'm not sure if thats what you mean.

Yep - that's what I mean.  


Now where did I leave that angle I was trisecting? :-)