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Re:8-bit computer from scratch by tmptmp on Sunday June 05, 2016 @03:27AM (#11840005)
>>Because that's the point where you take things that don't compute, and make something that computes.

Good point but I didn't get it quite right. What is your definition of "things that compute"? I am curious.

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Re:8-bit computer from scratch by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 05, 2016 @04:21AM (#11840119)
A device that can use a mathematical process to figure something out.

A single transistor definitely doesn't compute. A single gate? Eh, not really.

A design with a couple latches and an adder that can perform SUBLEQ? Yeah that computes if you attach a ram.

A non-turing-complete pipeline of math functions? Yes, that computes, though why make that when it takes more gates than a microprocessor needs.

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