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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> What is Ackermann's function, why does it grow so fast,
That I imagine wikipedia can answer...
> and why does anybody care anyway?
I wouldn't guarantee I'm write, but I believe it's because it's the
first function demonstrated that (basically) you needed indefinite loops
to calculate.
In other words, no number of bounded for-loops will evaluate the
function. You *have* to have while loops in your language to evaluate
the value of the ackerman function.
That's my understanding of why anyone cares, but it's an old memory, so
I might be messing things up.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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