Le mercredi 24 janvier 2007 22:34, Don Dailey a écrit : > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 21:11 +0100, alain Baeckeroot wrote: > > With 10^170 legal position for 19x19 what would be the size of this > > table ? > > I m afraid we cannot build it with all the matter in visible > > universe. > > I think the computer science greats should have consulted you before > writing their textbooks Hmm didn't you notice the question mark ? I thought this list was to exchange ideas and point of vue. My remark is not so stupid that i have to endure your irony.
AFAIK this is not a philosophical list about god power, so considering physical limits is not out of topic. Imho go programming is difficult and thus an interesting problem _because of_ these physical limitation due to the world we live in. Regards. Alain > - I just looked at this crazy thing called a > "turing machine" in one of my textbooks. > > A universal turing machine supposedly has an infinite tape attached to > it. Maybe they are smart about computers, but they don't know > anything > about physics. I think all these textbooks need to be thrown out > because they are obviously of no practical value. > > - Don > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
