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Authored by: mschmitz on Sunday, May 12 2013 @ 09:56 PM EDT |
Or maybe he vaguely remembered the Turing machine, as a machine with a loop of
paper, and a pencil and eraser to make/clear marks on the paper? (ISTR that's
the description Turing himself gave initially.)
We've been referring to the Turing machine argument quite a lot in the software
patents debate, so why not attack such a crucial element of the counter-swpat
front that is clearly operating on a totally obsolete and ridiculous technology?
Either way, he's missing the point (IMNSHO, intentionally and misleadingly so).
That's the beauty of software - given enough time and paper, you could actually
do it on paper. At the very lowest level, it's simple maths. Might even be
provable (as opposed to 'hope-and-prayable') if not too complex and/or well
designed.
I know you know that - but I think it bears repeating nonetheless. Even more so
where Gene spouts such blatant nonsense.
-- mschmitz
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