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Computing is running a program. That's what computing is. An algorithm is a program. A computer is a machine that performs the algorithm, so we don't have to. T

by alxmng 4y ago

Computing is running a program. That's what computing is. An algorithm is a program. A computer is a machine that performs the algorithm, so we don't have to. The Turing machine computes the answer by running the instructions (the program, the algorithm).

dcow 4y ago
On what computer does the algorithm: 1. take two slices of bread, 2. apply peanut butter to one side of one slice, 3. apply jelly to one side of the other slice, 4. place the slices together with the coated sides touching, and 5. enjoy. run?
- illiarian 4y ago
  Obligatory PB & Jelly Exact Instructions Challenge video: https://youtu.be/cDA3_5982h8 https://youtu.be/cDA3_5982h8 The answer is: it runs on dad, poorly :)
- alxmng 4y ago
  Sure. What would the study of human behavior or algorithms that aren’t computable with computers be called? Surely not “computer science”…
  - dcow 4y ago
    Humans are biological machines that can compute, no? Or, you really don't think I can design a logical grammar to formally express the creation of a PB&J?
    - fsckboy 4y ago
      more to the point, the universe is computational in nature, and humans are, at best, subroutines with a shitty ABI