Re: Bad faith and dishonesty

On 5/27/2025 10:45 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 27/05/2025 16:28, olcott wrote:

The term "Program" is too narrow minded.
Unit of computation within a model of computation.

 You do like to keep your words moving, don't you?
 If you don't like 'program', why not use the term 'computation'?
 

I need my work stated in such a way that it can be plugged
into C functions, x86 machine language functions, TMs,
RASP machines.

After all, computations are what computers do.
 This will keep the dictionary happy:
 "The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
The result of computation; the amount computed."
 Wikipedia is happy: "Mechanical or electronic devices (or, historically, people) that perform computations are known as computers."
 And the rest of us can keep saying 'program' because /we/ know what we mean by it even if you don't.
 

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