As I have said previously if you read about them on the internet, too many times they refer to minimal, or trivial Quines.
I suspect the shine has gone off the concept because University lecturers have pointed the trivial ones out. Perhaps if you call it a non-trivial Quine, some may notice. Regards Tony On Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:39:31 UTC+10, TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > Right. > > You can't *DO* anything with it per se. > > Like you can't do anything with a* BASIS*. Electricity comes from wires. > So watt? > > Its not a debate.Its the system ITSELF. > > Grasping it is also a *conceptual orientation *I think helps. In computer > science Quines are largely a theory. > > *Yet* TW is a robust application that *IS* a Quine by nature, not > experiment. > > in this it is VERY UNUSUAL. If we push that on I could say how it ramifies. > > You likely could too. > > TT > > > > On Sunday, 3 May 2020 12:16:11 UTC+2, Mat wrote: >> >> I agree knowing this does "something" positive to the grasping of TW. I'm >> just not sure how to express it any more than as "TW is a quine which means >> ..." It is a kind of information porn -- exciting *per se,* but what do >> we *do* with this? What are the practical implications beyond the mere >> fact, for a TW user? >> >> <:-) >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6d03c56c-537a-41f3-8f67-2d88376f82c6%40googlegroups.com.
