On 10/5/07, Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be abstract, you could subsitute "semi-Thue system", "context-free > grammar", "first-order logic", "Lindenmeyer system", "history monoid", > etc. for GoL, and still get an equivalent argument about complexity > and predicatability. Singling out GoL as somehow "special" is a red > herring; the complexity properties you describe are shared by a variety > of systems and logics.
So you are agreeing with Richard using confrontational language? Richard's point to me earlier was exactly this issue about GoL. Perhaps this was because I bit down hard on some "extremely simple" case that I have had some experience (unlike many of the lengthy graduate papers discussed here) You could equally substitute gibberish words for GoL and 'get an equivalent argument' because the discussion is about the properties of the entire class rather than an specific instance. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=50699248-61f722
