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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Error Detective
Summary: Chaos in the computer
Message-ID: <1804@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Date: 23 Aug 90 20:16:18 GMT
References: <1990Aug20.021901.28351@utstat.uucp> <44111@apple.Apple.COM> <13645@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Ohio University CS Dept., Athens
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In article <13645@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> 
> While it is possible to automatically detect some such programs
> that WILL cause problems, it is inherently impossible to devise
> a practical procedure that will reliably catch ALL programs that
> could cause problems.  The reasons for this are obvious to anyone
> who paid attention in their CS classes.

CHAOS theory is getting a lot of attention these days. I personally think
that one of the first practical applications will be in debugging.  I'm 
serious. If a home computer with a dozen DA's is too complex to completely
predict think about new systems for running airports, etc.

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*   bob church  bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu                       *
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*  If economics isn't an "exact" science why do computers crash    *
*  so much more often than the stock market?                       *
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