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... simple task , perhaps in arithmetic ; it is much more difficult to discover the best way to give more complex instructions ; and no one can yet foretell all the consequences of an untried program of instructions . This book is not ...
... simple task , perhaps in arithmetic ; it is much more difficult to discover the best way to give more complex instructions ; and no one can yet foretell all the consequences of an untried program of instructions . This book is not ...
Page 150
... simple instructions . They are a warning that there are a lot of things in the world to which one cannot apply the Information Theory argument which supposes that if we start with a certain quantity of information , which measures the ...
... simple instructions . They are a warning that there are a lot of things in the world to which one cannot apply the Information Theory argument which supposes that if we start with a certain quantity of information , which measures the ...
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... simple to program a computer to tell it when to turn and what angle to turn through ; and the computer will go tirelessly on giving the orders out again and again , and the indefatigable turtle will carry them out . And what happens ...
... simple to program a computer to tell it when to turn and what angle to turn through ; and the computer will go tirelessly on giving the orders out again and again , and the indefatigable turtle will carry them out . And what happens ...
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