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Re:There were no ancient computers and it's fine by countrymile on Monday April 01, 2024 @09:04AM (#39893733)
Very interesting article. Why isn't the z3 Turing complete in the conventional sense?
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Re:There were no ancient computers and it's fine by mikequinlan on Monday April 01, 2024 @11:10AM (#39894957)
The Z3 didn't have conditional branch instructions.

Konrad Zuse’s Legacy: The Architecture of the Z1 and Z3 https://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/Zuse_Z1_and_Z3.pdf

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