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Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

Subject: Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
From: "Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:46:26 GMT
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Matthew Russotto wrote ...

>How about this one:  If it ain't Turing complete, it's not a computer
>programming language.

To expand on your logic:

Turing committed suicide at the age of 41.  So it isn't a computer
programming language if it doesn't self-destruct.  Which correlates to, it
isn't a computer program if it doesn't crash.

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
     Last 8-bit BBS in the Dallas area.  Commodore lives!

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- Computing Editorial (please read)
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