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Re: recursion (was RE: Would-be hacker queries.)
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 13 May 1999 16:36:33 GMT
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Rich Clemens <CLEMENS@WVWC.EDUnospam>
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Is that a function of the CPU or the OS?
--
Richard Clemens
Associate Professor
Computer Science Department
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201
clemens@wvwc.edu
304.473.8421
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
To: Rich Clemens <clemens@wvwc.edu>
Cc: John A. Tamplin <jat@liveonthenet.com>; Anders Isaksson
<isaksson.etuna@ebox.tninet.se>; <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: recursion (was RE: Would-be hacker queries.)
> Rich Clemens wrote:
> >
> > > since CPUs are, in fact, iterative?
> >
> > How so?
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> What do you mean? The algorithm a CPU uses (at least, any I'm familiar
> with) to execute code is an iterative algorithm (i.e. fetch
> instructions, decode, execute, go round again).
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> Cheers,
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> Ben.
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> --
> http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html
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> "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
> who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
> first group; there was less competition there."
> - Indira Gandhi
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) Is this a windup? The CPU, of course! (...) ^^^...^^^ of what? (...) Cheers, Ben. -- (URL) grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) What do you mean? The algorithm a CPU uses (at least, any I'm familiar with) to execute code is an iterative algorithm (i.e. fetch instructions, decode, execute, go round again). Cheers, Ben. -- (URL) grandfather once told me that there are (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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