Re: Folk Theorem: Assemblers are superior to Compilers

drraymon@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Darrell Raymond)
Mon, 1 Nov 1993 00:07:48 GMT

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From: drraymon@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Darrell Raymond)
Keywords: theory
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: 93-10-114 93-10-149
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 00:07:48 GMT

rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette) writes:
> (Who was it that said that you can compute incorrect results infinitely
> fast?)


    I don't know who first said this, but I like Jim Adcock's twist on it:
We can easily guarantee correct results, given an infinite amount of time...


Darrell Raymond
Department of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
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