XPost: comp.theory, comp.software-eng   
   From: user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   On 1/18/26 2:27 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
   > On 18/01/2026 21:50, dart200 wrote:   
   >> well it was developed to be a general theory of computing, and   
   >> apparently modern computing has transcended that theory   
   >   
   > In what ways is that apparent to you?   
      
   modern computing utilized context-dependent functions, whereas turing   
   machine computations cannot be context-dependent.   
      
   like a simple total stack trace cannot be generally implemented for   
   turing machines cause the top level runtime cannot be deduced by the   
   computation. there's no mechanism to do that.   
      
   >   
   > Note "computing (the field, today)" does not refer to exactly the same   
   > relata as "computation" or "computing (the activity, then)".   
   >   
   > computing to   
   >   
      
      
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