On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 12:20:13 PM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > We cannot predict in advance if a machine will stop. The extensional > equality of machines, or combinators, is unsolvable. > >
There is some conceptual and practical division between mathematics and applied mathematics (and there are institutionally separate Mathematics (PM, P for "Pure") and Applied Mathematics (AM) Departments or Divisions at *some* universities. There is a PM and an AM way of approaching what "computing" is. In an AM way of thinking, no computer can run forever, assuming what scientists theorize about the future of the universe (big freeze, crunch, etc.). AM would see computing as being nothing more than what can be done on material computers, natural or manmade. - pt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
