On 01 Jun 2015, at 03:32, John Clark wrote:
You've got it backward, the algorithm imperfectly instantiates the device; the device has something very important that the algorithm lacks, matter that obeys the laws of physics.
You got it backward. It is the physical device which approximate the mathematical algorithm (program, Turing machine, combinators, ...), like a physical circle approximate a real circle.
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