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Re:Is Flex/Actionscript a real programming language? Can it ... by juwo on Thursday May 03, 2007 @06:21PM (#19126)
"unless your hardware is specifically designed for lambda calculus (like one of those old lisp machines)"

No, I am talking about - at a deeper level, all computing can be reduced to a Turing machine. (Unless you are reading Roger Penrose on consciousness).

Maybe I am mistaken, I am out of touch.

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Re:Is Flex/Actionscript a real programming language? Can it ... by juwo on Friday May 04, 2007 @01:22PM (#19442)
to clarify:

A Turing machine can simulate a deterministic finite automaton and a non-deterministic finite automaton.

All systems are arguably either of these two. Perhaps that's why we can simulate weather, and lots of other things.

Unless you look at human consciousness - Nobelist Roger Penrose has a theory that the mind is not a computer. That it has quantum states. (his book: The Emperor's New Mind - I didnt finish it - long and hard).

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