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 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> Wrote in message:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Gregory Ewing

>>
>>
>> If it's a quantum computer, it may be able to execute
>> all branches of the iteration in parallel. But it
>> would only have a probability of returning the right
>> answer (in other cases it would kill your cat).
> 
> Oh, that's fine, he's not my cat anyway. Go ahead, build it.
> 

That cat has got to be at least 79 by now. Probably starved by now.

-- 
DaveA