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| - | This story requires you to understand what a [[wikipedia:Finite-state machine|Finite-state automaton]] is and how it differs in capabilities from a [[wikipedia:Pushdown_automaton|pushdown automaton]] or at least from [[wikipedia:Turing_machine|Turing machine]] - e.g. classical computer. This kind of knowledge should be approachable to | + | This story requires you to understand what a [[wikipedia:Finite-state machine|Finite-state automaton]] is and how it differs in capabilities from a [[wikipedia:Pushdown_automaton|pushdown automaton]] or at least from [[wikipedia:Turing_machine|Turing machine]] - e.g. classical computer. This kind of knowledge should be approachable to every ''expert'' who studied computer science, or who studied lingustics and knows who [[wikipedia:Noam_Chomsky|Chomsky]] and [[wikipedia:Chomsky_hierarchy|his hierarchy]] is. |
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Revision as of 06:58, 19 October 2014
Explaining something is impossible, is well, impossible. Or at least almost impossible as following few stories show.
You Are the Expert!
Following viral video demonstrates the principle:
You are the expert! Can you do it? And don't tell us it is impossible, as that can only be explained as your own incapability.
Finite-state Machine
This story requires you to understand what a Finite-state automaton is and how it differs in capabilities from a pushdown automaton or at least from Turing machine - e.g. classical computer. This kind of knowledge should be approachable to every expert who studied computer science, or who studied lingustics and knows who Chomsky and his hierarchy is.
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