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---------------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Platonism vs Realism WAS: ROADMAP (well, not yet really... > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:18:18 +0200 > > > Hi, > > Le Dimanche 20 Août 2006 05:17, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : > > Peter Jones writes (quoting SP): > > > > What about an inputless computer program, running deterministically > > > > like a recording. Would that count as a program at all, > > > > > > It would be a trivial case. > > > > Trivial does not mean false. > > It seems to me that the set of inputless programs contains the set of > programs > which have inputs. Because a program which have inputs could be written as > the following inputless program : > > |HARDCODED INPUT||CODE| > > The resulting program is input less but the "substructure" denominated CODE > here is not inputless, it takes the hardcoded input. > > So in any case I don't see why inputless program should be "trivial case". > > Regards, > Quentin > > > _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
