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| From | Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Understandability |
| Date | 2015-05-25 03:15 +0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <874mn1seaz.fsf@bazspaz.fatphil.org> (permalink) |
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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes: > On 05/11/2015 12:55 PM, David Kleinecke wrote: > > On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 11:48:20 PM UTC-7, David Brown wrote: > >> > >> I can't imagine anyone thinking of gcc as a "simple" program! > > > > Conceptually quite simple - compile a text. > > You can make anything simple by giving it a sufficiently high-level > description. The deepest and most fundamental equation describing the > behavior of the entire universe? A=0. What is A? Take all of the > separate equations describing the universe, with the i'th formula > conceptually of the form Left_side[i] = right_side[i], and that define A > = product over i of (left_size[i] - right_side[i]). That is satisfied if any one of the components is zero. You probably wanted: Sum (left_side[i] - right_side[i])^2 == 0 Alas that fails if complex numbers can appear. Phil -- A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall be well regulated.
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Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-01 17:55 -0700
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-01 19:41 -0700
Re: Understandability wssimms@gmail.com - 2015-05-01 20:45 -0700
Re: Understandability Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-05-02 10:38 +0100
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-02 09:15 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-04 09:26 +0200
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-04 12:52 -0700
Re: Understandability Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-05-02 14:21 +0200
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-02 09:13 -0700
Re: Understandability Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-05-03 08:07 +1200
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-02 13:11 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-03 10:50 -0700
Re: Understandability Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-03 13:26 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-04 12:29 -0700
Re: Understandability Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-05 05:47 -0700
Re: Understandability raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-05-08 21:10 +0000
Re: Understandability Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-05-09 09:17 +1200
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-08 14:32 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-09 09:13 -0700
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-09 16:48 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-10 11:05 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-11 08:48 +0200
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-11 09:55 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-11 17:52 -0400
Re: Understandability glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-11 22:54 +0000
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-12 08:49 +0200
Re: Understandability Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-12 02:15 -0500
Re: Understandability Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2015-05-25 03:15 +0300
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-25 00:45 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-25 10:26 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-11 10:06 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-12 08:59 +0200
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-12 08:37 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-13 08:53 +0200
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-13 08:16 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-13 09:49 -0700
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-13 10:53 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-14 10:35 -0700
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-13 09:31 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-13 13:10 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-14 10:27 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-14 22:51 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-15 10:02 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-15 13:37 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-16 09:18 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-16 23:56 +0200
Re: Understandability gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-05-17 12:45 +0000
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-17 09:16 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-17 12:47 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-18 10:54 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-18 15:00 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-19 09:49 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-19 13:10 -0400
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-16 19:01 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-17 09:30 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-17 12:58 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-18 10:54 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-18 14:56 -0400
Re: Understandability David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-05-19 09:46 -0700
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-19 13:16 -0400
Re: Understandability Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-19 18:23 +0100
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-19 14:02 -0400
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-19 00:11 +0200
Re: Understandability James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-18 18:28 -0400
Re: Understandability Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-15 10:52 -0700
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-13 21:53 +0200
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-09 16:18 +0200
Re: Understandability Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-05-09 18:31 +0200
Re: Understandability raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-05-17 10:44 +0000
Re: Understandability glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-17 15:53 +0000
Re: Understandability David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-04 09:15 +0200
Re: Understandability Waldek Hebisch <hebisch@math.uni.wroc.pl> - 2015-05-16 00:28 +0000
Re: Understandability Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-03 10:58 -0700
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