begin quoting Darren New as of Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 07:11:50PM -0800: > SJS wrote: > >begin quoting Darren New as of Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 05:40:50PM -0800: > >>Ralph Shumaker wrote: > >>>Are there general purpose analog computers? Can they run programs in > >>>the sense that digital computers can? > >>You're thinking with one. ;-) > > > >That would be a big "no", then. > > Sounds like a "yes" to me.
I'm not interpreting "in the sense" in the sense that you seem to be. > You are running a general purpose analog > computer, as a brain. I thought it was pretty specialized, and not general purpose. > It can run programs in the sense that a digital > computer can, or you'd have a really hard time writing programs, > compilers, and figuring out where your bugs are. You would be unable to > simulate a turing machine with pencil and paper. :-) Um, I don't do stored programs very well. Although, it would be way cool. <voice type="neo">Whoa, I know kung-fu.</voice> -- Once again, the horizon does beckon To the topic, for thread wreckin' Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
