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andoando 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What does “Undecidable” mean, anyway

>while having programs that are far easier to comprehend.

If you want to learn the fundamentals of something, should you not wish to you know, think about the fundamentals?

Dylan16807 17 days ago [–]

My argument is that FSM+tape and FSM+RAM are at the same level of "fundamental", but one is easier to understand so it should be the thing you teach with. Being more obtuse is not better.

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