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The gur "AlanT" is obviously nuts. The halting problem is one that can never be solved.
by lisp_hacker 18y ago
The gur "AlanT" is obviously nuts. The halting problem is one that can never be solved.
- frisco 18y agoAlanT is most definitely not nuts.
- sciolizer 18y agoJust gay. :)
- dgordon 18y agoSo, by the standards of his time, nuts.
- ivanstojic 18y agoAn apple a day keeps the gay-healers away. I sill can't believe what happened to one of the most influential CS people of all times :-(
- parenthesis 18y agoWell, I believe the authorities were more concerned about the perceived security risk. Male homosexuality was not decriminalised in England and Wales until 1967 (and not until 1980 in Scotland and 1982 in Northern Ireland). Before that there was the concern that someone like Turing could be blackmailed for state secrets (he played a key role in the wartime code-breaking effort).