On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 02:38:35AM -0800, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> You would have a program that understood *some set* of rules.  I can
> write a calculator by generating a honking big lookup table.  That's my
> rules of arithmetic.
>
> That doesn't mean I understand the deeper rules.  I would understand
> arithmetic at a very shallow level of abstraction if all I had were
> lookup tables.

Yes but the minute I input numbers that were not in your lookup table
it would not work.  This would invalidate your understanding and force you to
reconsider your approach.

Chris

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