Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> > Since you can build a Turing machine for any possible algorithm, 

> Or, more precisely, the word "algorithm" is defined (at least in these 
> realms) as "those calculations for which a Turing machine can be 
> designed to perform."

  That sounds a bit like a circular definition. "A turing machine is
something which can perform any algorithm." "An algorithm is something
which a turing machine can perform."

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                                                          - Warp

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