Re: All is information .

From: Tomaz Kristan (tomaz.kristan@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Aug 28 2004 - 00:35:08 MDT


On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:26:53 -0700, Daniel Radetsky <daniel@radray.us> wrote:

> I don't think running out
> of memory can be considered a halt. A computable function is one that *could* be
> computed by a Turing Machine, and Turing machines don't run out of memory.
>

There is no ideal Turing machine. The question of what an ideal TM
might, or might not do, is out of this world. A closely related
question with that one in the thread about the infinity, kindly closed
by Eliezer.



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