On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:16:01 +0530, Ravi Sahni wrote: >> So in that sense, computers are Turing Machines. Anything a physical >> computing device can compute, a Turing Machine could too. The converse >> is not true though: a Turing Machine with infinite tape can compute >> things where a real physical device would run out of memory, although >> it might take longer than anyone is willing to wait. > > Thanks Sir the detailed explanation. You are offering me many thoughts > inside few words so I will need some time to meditate upon the same. > > Presently Sir, I wish to ask single question: What you mean "wave our > hands"??
It is an idiom very common in Australia. (It may not be well known in the rest of the English-speaking world.) It means to figuratively flap one's hands around in the air while skipping over technical details or complications. For example, we often talk about "hand-wavy estimates" for how long a job will take: "my hand-wavy estimate is it will take two days" is little better than a guess. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
