> This alternate view is not a gimmick. The guy was a computer > scientist at MIT writing in the early 70s. But it's definitely not a > common view today. He also does some mental exercises that serve to > give a better intuitive feel for what a Turing machine really is.
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying understanding PCs as universal turing machines is not a common view today? This is basic computation theory studied in thousands of CS departments every year. Even I know what a Turing machine is. Am I missing something? -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
