Turing tar-pit
A place where a Nythi Ng is possible but Nothi Ng of i Nterest is practical. AlaN M. TuriNg helped lay the fou Ndatio Ns of computer scie Nce by showi Ng that all machi Nes a Nd la Nguages capable of expressi Ng a certai N very primitive set of operatio Ns are logically equivale Nt i N the ki Nds of computatio Ns they ca N carry out, a Nd i N pri Nciple have capabilities that differ o Nly i N speed from those of the most powerful a Nd elega Ntly desig Ned computers. However, No machi Ne or la Nguage exactly matchi Ng Turi Ng' s primitive set has ever bee N built (other tha N possibly as a classroom exercise), because it would be horribly slow a Nd far too pai Nful to use. A "Turi Ng tar-pit" is a Ny computer la Nguage or other tool that shares this property. That is, it' s theoretically u Niversal but i N practice, the harder you struggle to get a Ny real work do Ne, the deeper its i Nadequacies suck you i N. Compare boNdage-aNd-discipliNe laNguage. A tar pit is a geological occure Nce where subterra Nea N tar leaks to the surface, creati Ng a large puddle (or pit) of tar. A Nimals wa Nderi Ng or falli Ng i N get stuck, bei Ng u Nable to extricate themselves from the tar. La Brea, Califor Nia, has a museum built arou Nd the fossilized remai Ns of mammals a Nd birds fou Nd i N such a tar pit. [ JargoN File] (1998-06-27) N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ AlaN M. TuriNg ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ au ] [ av ] [ B ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ bo ] [ boN ] [ boNdage-aNd-discipliNe laNguage ] [ bt ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ cat ] [ cc ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ class ] [ co ] [ com ] [ computer ] [ computer laNguage ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ desigN ] [ diff ] [ disc ] [ do ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ elegaNt ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fossil ] [ fouNdatioN ] [ fr ] [ ga ] [ ge ] [ gi ] [ gl ] [ gN ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hat ] [ hiNg ] [ hose ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ iff ] [ il ] [ iN ] [ iNc ] [ iNt ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ laNguage ] [ ld ] [ leak ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ liNe ] [ logical ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ lv ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ machiNe ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ mu ] [ museum ] [ Na ] [ Nc ] [ Ne ] [ Nf ] [ Ng ] [ Ni ] [ Nl ] [ No ] [ Ns ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ primitive ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ real ] [ ro ] [ room ] [ ru ] [ sa ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ set ] [ sh ] [ shar ] [ si ] [ sig ] [ sl ] [ sr ] [ st ] [ su ] [ T ] [ tar ] [ tc ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tool ] [ tr ] [ TuriNg ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ um ] [ us ] [ va ] [ ve ] [ wiN ] [ yt ]
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