A Turing Tale.
The author discusses aspects of mathematician Alan Turing's computer program language. He mentions the introduction of his automatic machines without finite output and input as well as his desire in making them calculate and print real numbers. He notes his comparison of arguments from scholars, Jac...
| Publicado en: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 57; no. 10; pp. 36 - 39 |
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| Formato: | Opinion |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Oct2014
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| Sumario: | The author discusses aspects of mathematician Alan Turing's computer program language. He mentions the introduction of his automatic machines without finite output and input as well as his desire in making them calculate and print real numbers. He notes his comparison of arguments from scholars, Jack Copeland, Andrew Hodges and Martin Davis on the difference between his device and a stored program computer. He also points out his capability in merging practical and theoretical conceptions. |
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