We had a term for implicit state machines at a place I used to work: infinite flag machines[0]. [0] I suspect the majority of hn folks are familiar with finite

We had a term for implicit state machines at a place I used to work: infinite flag machines[0]. [0] I suspect the majority of hn folks are familiar with finite state machines, but just in case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine