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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54e6f3bfd18d2769 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-10-30 07:44:21 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!europa.netcrusader.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8ss92s$6fs$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39F473DD.1CBAE902@cepsz.unizar.es> <39F5A744.CB20A0FD@cepsz.unizar.es> Subject: Re: Pointer function parameter X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:44:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.83.127 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 972920660 216.215.83.127 (Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:44:20 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:44:20 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1631 Date: 2000-10-30T15:44:20+00:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wccwveqqrmd.fsf@world.std.com... : 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? :)