Re: A case for HTML as a programming language
From: Edward G. Nilges (spinoza1111_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/01/04
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Date: 30 Nov 2004 19:03:30 -0800
"Thomas G. Marshall" <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<ay7kd.789$Bj2.389@trndny01>...
> Arthur J. O'Dwyer coughed up:
> > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Michael Mendelsohn wrote:
>
> ...[rip]...
>
> >> If we are talking about Turing machines with finite memories, i.e.
> >> finite tapes,
> >
> > Ah, but a Turing machine without an infinite tape is not a Turing
> > machine! So you mean "If we are talking about finite state machines,"
> > and you already said that. ;)
>
> I've always viewed this as a silly detail (sorry). If we live no longer
> than 150 years, then we merely need long enough tapes to last 150 years.
> Who cares what states there are beyond that, or if they even exist?
Ah, a mathematical Intuitionist. Good lad.
>
> {author ducks}
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