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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:08:16 +1100
Subject: Re: Working with the set of real numbers
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> My assumption was you could execute =E2=84=B5=E2=82=81 statements per sec=
ond. That
> doesn't guarantee a finite finish time but would make it possible. That
> is because
>
>    =E2=84=B5=E2=82=81 * =E2=84=B5=E2=82=81 =3D =E2=84=B5=E2=82=81 =3D =E2=
=84=B5=E2=82=81 * 1

Hmm. I never actually covered this stuff in grade school - the
construction of infinite computing power didn't exactly come up. But
as I understand it, just calculating the "next number" requires =E2=84=B5=
=E2=82=81 RAM
operations, and you have to do that =E2=84=B5=E2=82=81 times per second. So=
 what
you're saying is that it's possible to do that? You can execute =E2=84=B5=
=E2=82=81
operations where each operation has to wait for =E2=84=B5=E2=82=81 bus acti=
ons before
continuing?

This would do my head in if I hadn't already thoroughly broken my
brain on other insanities.

ChrisA