Re: [sl4] Is there a model for RSI?

From: Vladimir Nesov (robotact@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 23 2008 - 13:30:39 MDT


On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:10 PM, J. Andrew Rogers
<andrew@ceruleansystems.com> wrote:
>
> The focus should have been on the very first line, since that had no
> ambiguity: Exactly how does a machine output a copy of itself (with or
> without the counter)?
>

I see the ambiguity in the original assertion now (when it is taken
out of context), but it also resolves into a correct assertion,
especially considering the point that he was attacking. What do you
mean by this last question? Very likely you know what a quine program
is[*], so I guess you mean some other fine distinction in the terms
and are being smug about it ( http://xkcd.com/169/ ).

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[*] http://www.nyx.net/~gthompso/quine.htm
A quine in C:
char*f="char*f=%c%s%c;main(){printf(f,34,f,34,10);}%c";main(){printf(f,34,f,34,10);}

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Vladimir Nesov
robotact@gmail.com
http://causalityrelay.wordpress.com/


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