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From: Ray Blaak <rAYblaaK@STRIPCAPStelus.net>
Subject: Re: What is wrong with Ada?
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:39:28 GMT
Date: 2007-04-23T20:39:28+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <uk5w2kepu.fsf@STRIPCAPStelus.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1jrh6o5yca0w.dqiviyjs01am.dlg@40tude.net

"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:50:52 +0200, Markus E Leypold wrote:
> 
> > You don't feel the need to justify the use of "trivial" for any
> > actually existing program?
> 
> Any actually existing program can be expressed with single natural number. 
> 
> Moreover, all programs which were ever written, as well as all ones which
> *actually* will ever be, all together, again could be characterized by
> another natural number.

While technically true, that characterization is not really useful in terms of
actually using such numbers, and does not really say anything at all about how
trivial such numbers/programs are.

In fact, the art of finding such numbers that do useful work for humans is
hard. People who know how to do that are called programmers.

-- 
Cheers,                                        The Rhythm is around me,
                                               The Rhythm has control.
Ray Blaak                                      The Rhythm is inside me,
rAYblaaK@STRIPCAPStelus.net                    The Rhythm has my soul.



  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-23 20:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 147+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-09 20:31 What is wrong with Ada? martinbishop
2007-04-10  1:14 ` Chip and Allie Orange
2007-04-10  8:32   ` gautier_niouzes
2007-04-10 18:21     ` Chip Orange
2007-04-10  1:15 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2007-04-10  9:02   ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-10 14:32     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-10 15:09       ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-10 15:39         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-10 16:12           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-04-10 17:31             ` Chad  R. Meiners
2007-04-10 18:24               ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-10 18:28                 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-04-10 20:22                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-11  9:40               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-04-11 11:20                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-11 23:45                 ` Brian May
2007-04-12  7:40                   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-04-12 16:44                   ` kevin  cline
2007-04-12 17:32                     ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-12 16:46                   ` kevin  cline
2007-04-12 17:35                     ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-21  2:13                       ` adaworks
2007-04-21  9:49                         ` Simon Wright
2007-04-21 14:15                           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-22  7:38                             ` adaworks
2007-04-23  1:33                               ` Brian May
2007-04-21 18:33                           ` adaworks
2007-04-12 18:11                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-16 14:25                       ` Bob Spooner
2007-04-16 14:50                         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-17  9:17                           ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-17 10:04                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-17 15:02                             ` Ed Falis
2007-04-17 15:48                               ` Pascal Obry
2007-04-17 20:53                                 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-04-18  0:21                                 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2007-04-18  8:16                                   ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-04-21  2:18                               ` adaworks
2007-04-12 18:47                   ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-12 19:39                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-12 19:54                       ` Peter C. Chapin
2007-04-12 20:41                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-14 19:56                         ` Chad  R. Meiners
2007-04-13  0:16                       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-14  7:01                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-14 10:48                           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-15 13:41                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-15 16:01                               ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-15 17:51                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-15 21:41                                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-15 22:00                                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-16  8:26                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-16  9:04                                       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-17  7:58                                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-17  9:27                                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-17 10:46                                             ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-17 10:48                                             ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-15 23:06                                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-22 21:50                                   ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-23 19:26                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-23 20:39                                       ` Ray Blaak [this message]
2007-04-24  8:39                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-24 16:43                                           ` Ray Blaak
2007-04-23 22:02                                       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-14 22:49                         ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-14 23:39                           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-23 21:16                         ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-04-23 21:21                           ` Ray Blaak
2007-04-23 22:15                             ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-12 21:18                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-13  7:39                       ` Stuart
2007-04-13  9:05                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-13  0:10                     ` Brian May
2007-04-13  8:55                     ` Harald Korneliussen
2007-04-14 22:47                       ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-14 19:50                     ` Chad  R. Meiners
2007-04-14 22:52                       ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-14 19:28                 ` Chad  R. Meiners
2007-04-16  8:50                   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-04-16  9:18                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-16  9:56                     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-16 16:45                     ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-17  9:05                       ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-04-17 14:51                         ` Robert A Duff
2007-04-22  7:42                           ` adaworks
2007-04-10 18:15             ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-20 16:34             ` adaworks
2007-04-10 19:44       ` Simon Wright
2007-04-10 20:43         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-10 22:02       ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-10 22:15         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-11  8:59           ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-20 16:25       ` adaworks
2007-04-20 20:35         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-21  5:51           ` adaworks
2007-04-25  0:10         ` Chad  R. Meiners
2007-04-10 15:59     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2007-04-10 16:31       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-10 18:08         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-11 23:05         ` kevin  cline
2007-04-12  7:55           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-12 10:43           ` Peter C. Chapin
2007-04-12 13:04             ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-13 10:46               ` Harald Korneliussen
2007-04-13 16:25                 ` Adam Beneschan
2007-04-14 23:41                 ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-22  7:54           ` adaworks
2007-04-21 18:50         ` adaworks
2007-04-21 19:53           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
     [not found]             ` <H5EWh.6302$H_5.612@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net>
2007-04-22  9:33               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-04-10 23:43     ` Brian May
2007-04-12 14:25       ` Bob Spooner
2007-04-13  0:22         ` Brian May
2007-04-23  2:25     ` Justin Gombos
2007-05-16  1:29     ` Adrian Hoe
2007-04-10  1:25 ` Brian May
2007-04-10  1:48   ` martinbishop
2007-04-10  8:33     ` gautier_niouzes
2007-04-10 14:58     ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-10 19:05       ` Randy Brukardt
2007-04-10 20:27         ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-12  1:18           ` Randy Brukardt
2007-04-12 13:02             ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-12  8:47           ` Ada vendor FAQ (was: What is wrong with Ada?) Ludovic Brenta
2007-04-11 15:21 ` What is wrong with Ada? Jason King
2007-04-11 17:53   ` tmoran
2007-04-12 18:55   ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-04-13  2:59     ` Jason King
2007-04-13  9:03       ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-14 15:28         ` Jason King
2007-04-16 16:48           ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-21 12:56 ` AJAskey
2007-04-21 13:50   ` jimmaureenrogers
2007-04-21 14:46     ` AJAskey
2007-04-21 15:43       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-23  1:37         ` Brian May
2007-04-21 15:48       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-21 21:42       ` jimmaureenrogers
     [not found]         ` <vzwWh.2452$Ut6.1591@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>
2007-04-22  0:53           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-25  0:20     ` Chad  R. Meiners
2007-04-25  9:57       ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-25 11:19         ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-25 11:54           ` Markus E Leypold
2007-04-25 13:24             ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-04-25 13:41             ` adaworks
2007-04-26  3:24       ` jimmaureenrogers
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