Comment on Waterfall Ethics

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:10:46 GMT

Is the computation performed once again if I flip through the book? Or must I physically carry out the computation using some medium (e.g. sea shells)?

So what is your answer to these questions? Does flipping through the book create torture? And what if you have the algorithm / list of steps / list of tape configurations described in a book before you implement them and run the Turing machine?

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