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Might there be a reference here to Isaac Asimov's famous story "The Last Question"? (The titular question was: 'Can entropy be reversed?' Throughout the lifetime of the universe, the computer only said: 'THERE IS INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER.') [[Special:Contributions/174.239.229.68|174.239.229.68]] 04:18, 20 September 2013 (UTC) | Might there be a reference here to Isaac Asimov's famous story "The Last Question"? (The titular question was: 'Can entropy be reversed?' Throughout the lifetime of the universe, the computer only said: 'THERE IS INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER.') [[Special:Contributions/174.239.229.68|174.239.229.68]] 04:18, 20 September 2013 (UTC) | ||
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Maybe it is just me, but I interpreted this to be the "DoesItHalt" function actually *running* "program", then when "program" completes (halts) it returns true. This would be the "big picture" solution and does not actually deal with the "details". --[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 23:52, 20 September 2013 (UTC) | Maybe it is just me, but I interpreted this to be the "DoesItHalt" function actually *running* "program", then when "program" completes (halts) it returns true. This would be the "big picture" solution and does not actually deal with the "details". --[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 23:52, 20 September 2013 (UTC) |